Microsoft Translated EDGE browser version for the Linux platform for beta testing stages. EDGE for Linux will now distributed through a regular beta-versions channel, providing a 6-week update preparation cycle. Earlier, weekly updated dev- and insider assemblies for developers were published. The browser is available in the form of RPM and Deb packets for Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and OpenSUSE. Of the functional improvements in the EDGE test releases for Linux It is noted The appearance of the possibility of connecting to Microsoft account and support synchronization between settings, bookmarks and navigation history.
Recall that in 2018, Microsoft began developing the new edition of the EDGE browser, translated on the Chromium engine and developed as a cross-platform product. In the process of working on a new browser, Microsoft joined to the community developing chromium, and started In the project created for EDGE improvement and correction. For example, in Chromium, improvements related to technologies for people with disabilities, control from touch screens, support for Arm64 architecture, improving the convenience of scrolling, processing multimedia data. Optimization and refinement of the Backend D3D11 for angle , layers to broadcast OpenGL ES calls to OpenGL, Direct3D 9/11, Desktop GL and Vulkan. Opened Code of Developed in Microsoft Move WebGL.