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Microsoft Edge, anyone? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by cujo@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

I recently discovered that you can get Microsoft Edge for Linux (๐Ÿคข๐Ÿคฎ) and am curious... does anyone here use Edge for Linux, or have you ever? What was your reasoning for using it?

EDIT: Well, you all have provided some interesting perspectives I hadn't ever considered. Including one which means I'll have to install Edge, so... thanks, I guess. ๐Ÿ˜‚

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[โ€“] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Yes. I'm mostly developing a website, and testing on another browser is necessary every now and then. But that is my only use reason.

My main browser used to be firefox till tw9 weeks qgo, but it started to be buggy so it's LibreWolf now.

[โ€“] garam@lemmy.my.id 5 points 1 year ago

I use it as the only browser for work. I don't have choices, because Teams and Outlook with all its' functionality works well only in their own browser, edge...

I even write some userscript to improve it because it's broken.. :/

[โ€“] anakin78z@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yep, I use for Xbox cloud gaming on steam deck.

[โ€“] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't really blame people for using Edge since I using VSCode daily ๐Ÿ˜ž

[โ€“] cujo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I just found out about VSCodium. Its a project that packages the MIT licensed VS Code source without all the M$ telemetry and crud. Be warned, there are apparently many plugins that don't work with Codium, so if you rely heavily on any specific plugin I'd see if it works properly before committing.

It's still relying on Microsoft code, but at least it's specifically the open source bits. Lol!

[โ€“] NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've used it just to access Bing Chat, which has become my go to AI chatbot for a couple of reasons: 1) you theoretically get access to gpt 4 without paying 20 dollars a month, 2) it cites it's sources, and 3) it can create images via DALLE from within the chat (which is handy, you can chat with the AI to help you think of an image prompt, the just say "ok make an image based on that description"). Other then that, i use Firefox at home. At work our choices are chrome or edge, so I use edge because of bing chat and I kind of like the layout better. It feels like choosing between buying something from Amazon or Walmart, which terrible corporation do I hate more in a given moment.

[โ€“] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FYI you can use Bing AI in Firefox by spoofing the user-agent header

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[โ€“] haagch@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I used it once to use the in browser bug report thing to request that they support immersive WebXR on linux.

[โ€“] Treczoks@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But the only reason for Edge ever to exist was to download Firefox.

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[โ€“] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I use edge on Ubuntu via the snap.

It lets me use a very specific website that doesn't work in Firefox.

It also lets me play Xbox cloud games on Linux.

Otherwise it's Firefox soon the way.

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[โ€“] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am not judging anyone who uses Edge here, I can understnad the appeal of it. I just am sad that Linux doesn't have Microsoft like feature that there isn't a great alternative for Google + Bard, Microsoft GPT.

I want everything FOSS, but yeah, I will sleep now. I am too old for the new gen.

[โ€“] IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only appeal Edge has is the ability to download other browsers

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[โ€“] sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Ooh, thanks for pointing that out! I haven't used it, but now I will start installing it for every colleague's Linux user when I get the chance, just to mess with them. Might even change their bash's prompt to the DOS one.

(These edge installs of mine will probably account for half of all edge on Linux installs ever, btw)

[โ€“] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Although I am required to use windows machines for work normally and, since we dont have access to firefox, i normally use edge there, there are occasions on which I find it convenient to hop into a similar setup on my home linux machine to get to my work account. I will use edge for that - as well as outlook online etc.

For a work browser, I find it pretty useful. There is no way that I would want to use if for general purposes though.

[โ€“] TeaEarlGrayHot@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Edge daily--trying to use mostly non-proprietary software, but when I need to annotate a PDF, Edge just works. It's no drawboard PDF, but it's free and runs on Linux!

[โ€“] irationslippers@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[โ€“] TeaEarlGrayHot@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've love both Firefox and Okular (KDE's evince), and both "technically" support PDF inking, but the experience is just subpar to what Edge offers now for notetaking and reviewing articles. Xournal++ is the gold standard and fully supports my Surface Pen, whereas Edge does not recognize pressure or the eraser. However, I work with a lot of embedded files (Logseq), and the fact that Xournal++ cannot bundle a PDF in a single file and instead needs a reference, plus the fact that PDF is a universal file format, makes Edge the most enticing option for now

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[โ€“] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

As long as Vivaldi is available on Linux I don't see a need for it, same engine but better features.

[โ€“] Kristof12@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use firefox and used email and most of my things on google, but after 2023, I had an abandoned outlook and start to use for Sync on Edge and etc

IDK, seems a decent browser, a lot need some corporate browser and microsoft going to cloud, at least it's better than going to windows entirely for a lot of people kekw

[โ€“] Phil35@fosstodon.org 3 points 1 year ago

@cujo
Hi,
no, Edge will be never use on my laptop

I tested it out bc I thought I'd need it to get teams running for school, but it turns out we're only using teams' video calls so Vivaldi works too. Edge is fine I guess? I dislike that it's chromium and I dislike microsoft but it's good to know edge works fine, in case I need it for some reason at some point. I still uninstalled it when I realized I didn't need it.

Normally, I use firefox for normal personal browsing and vivaldi for school (since some sites we use work much better on chromum, and it's nice to have that separation anyways).

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