Microsoft is about to release Edge Linux version

This platform is still in the development and completion stage.

Microsoft has officially released the Edge Chromium browser on January 15 this year, available on iOS, Android, Mac, Windows 10 and Windows 7. This is good news for internet users around the world in general because there is more A quality browser platform to experience. Linux users do not feel that way, simply because Microsoft Edge Chromium does not have a Linux version, even when the browser platform has been officially launched for nearly half a year.

The frustration of Linux users will soon disappear because on the Build 2020 stage, Microsoft has officially announced the first information about the Linux version of the browser Edge Chromium browser, which is currently being completed and promising to be launched on open source later this year.

In fact, the Edge development team conducted a large-scale survey with web developers to find their feedback and expectations on a web browser platform for Linux last year. This is an important platform for Microsoft to perfect the Edge Linux version.

Of course, the platform is still in development and development, but at Build 2020, Microsoft Azure engineers were discovered using Edge Linux. In addition, a Microsoft executive also revealed the first images of the Edge browser running on Linux, which shows that the project is on the right track and is likely to be completed ahead of schedule. Although Microsoft has not made any official statement about how the browser works and the exact launch time.

Microsoft Edge for Linux will still have the familiar user interface, basically not much different from the versions on Mac and Windows 10.

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Owning a browser platform available on the open source operating system will help facilitate developers in designing websites and web applications that are compatible with Edge, thereby giving Microsoft an advantage, although Potential audience is relatively small.

Microsoft is one of the most popular and fastest growing browser platforms today. Netmarketshare's March 2020 market data for operating systems and desktop browsers shows that Microsoft Edge has suddenly surpassed Firefox, rising to become the world's second browser after just over two months. Official eye.

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