Microsoft Edge (linux ver)

jppelt ah, it is only for Android

Harvey Thanks--I get the flavour of your message, and harbour no preconceptions to a vocabulary of this calibre whilst enjoying your candour, mate (mate's not aussie is it?), if I may verbalise that is. The 2 November thing and millimetres I am mum on at the moment

Solarmass Actually want to get rid of my iPhone and get a Pine Phone but too integrated w/ the family...although I might be able to at the next upgrade cycle...fingers crossed.

Has anyone installed Ms Edge on Solus yet? It's very cool and fast, have web pages read out to you in different languages and voices and handy extensions. You don't need an .eopkg file, just download the latest .deb version and open it with the extractor. Copy the folder "msedge-dev" to somewhere on your home directory. Make a link to %home%/msedge-dev/msedge and you're done. Have fun :-)

tomscharbach

Something I noticed.. I have another laptop that I routinely install new distros on for fun. Maybe 6 months ago I had MXLinux installed and installed the .deb version of Edge.

I vividly recall that features that are not available now were available then. I am absolutely certain I synced in my bookmarks.

Any idea why this functionality is gone?

And literally as I write this I realize that Google stripped Chrome APIs from Chromium. But I have to ask... if that is the reason that bookmarks no longer sync in Linux, why hasn't that affected Windows and other versions of Edge as well?

I'm quite confused about this.

tomscharbach

That is what I figured.. The Chromium Edge experience is really focused on giving the Microsoft walled garden experience that Google Chrome gave.

That leaves me confused still though. Why could I sync in my bookmarks when I was using Edge on Linux when using the .deb version a few months ago when the software first became available on Linux? I'm absolutely certain I did.

My roommate is in the Windows Insider and Edge Insider program and he downloaded the Edge Beta on flatpak and the bookmarks sync wasn't available.

It's a minor discrepancy but I just didn't understand why that had changed or what caused the sync feature not to work.

Could it be something about the Collections feature?

jrsilvey

jrsilvey So.. not a sync issue, but still completely perplexed why such a basic function as importing bookmarks wasn't available when I tried to help my roommate use the feature a week or two ago. Whenever he clicked on the settings page to import his bookmarks the page was completely blank. I'll check with him tomorrow and see if it has been resolved.

Settings>Profiles>Import Data is not yet enabled in Edge-Linux, apparently. I just checked and got the same blank screen. I have no idea what the hang-up might be or when it will be resolved. I'll report it in the morning, although I imagine that Microsoft has it on a list someplace.

tomscharbach

It took a little work but we finally got it done. Great teamwork. high fives

Thanks very much.

I dont want use anything from Microsoft

powergo My thoughts exactly.

elfprince where I work all the gmail and google stuff is integrated into a MS sharepoint system, it's just a giant layer of grime. Microsoft observes my productivity and sends me CREEPY emails (MyAnalytics) about when the lulls in my day occur, so I should try to stay productive even though I've switched tasks.... that's spooky to me. Like HAL.
My interest in Edge is to compartment this spooky google/sharepoint beast to one of their own browsers and not taint the Firefox. But I honestly don't know if I'd be winning the battle or losing it?

brent My sincere sympathies.

powergo I dont want use anything from Microsoft

elfprince powergo My thoughts exactly.

First, some other people do.

Second, these kinds of comments don't elevate the conversation. They do nothing other than provide the people that may want to use these products or may have to use these products a really bad first impression of the Linux community.

This kind of attitude is extremely off putting. It is desirable to have companies such as Microsoft and Google providing open-source software to Linux users because it can increase adoption and allow companies considering a switch to an open-source model or running Linux as an OS to do so.

Businesses will not be able to make that switch without having access to tools such as the Edge Browser, Visual Studio, etc. Individuals won't want to make that switch without having access to things like Spotify, Google Photos, etc. Imagine how many more individuals would adopt our platform if there were a Linux version of software such as Adobe Creative Cloud or Microsoft Office?

I am an open-source activist and political organizer. I've already made these comments at length in the Microsoft-Edge-Linux Flatpak forum post. I canceled my Microsoft Office 365 account last month. I run a version of Nextcloud to keep all of my data private. I suggest everyone switch to services such as LibreOffice, GIMP/Inkscape/Blender, & Signal App and ending their use of proprietary software and platforms that actively sell your data.

Do I use Microsoft Edge? No.

Do I actively support Big Tech designing Linux products in order to assist in increased Linux adoption? Yes.

I get where you two are coming from. Seriously, I do. However, without a full fledged open-source/Linux ecosystem (mass adoption of Linux phones & laptops, private clouds, etc) the best tool at our disposal is gaining access to official Linux releases of software like this in order to make the switch to Linux easier for people who may not want to learn command line anything but would make the switch if the programs they needed were available and the OS they used were simple to learn, secure and reliable.