Microsoft Edge is positioned as cross-platform and will support Linux.

In addition to previously published unofficial information about the porting of the Microsoft Edge browser to Linux, at the Ignite 2019 conference, representatives from Microsoft discussed the state of browser development. have confirmed (8:34 in the video) the decision to release a build for Linux. The launch date for the Linux version has not yet been specified, only that Microsoft Edge is initially positioned as cross-platform and already are has test builds for macOS, Android, and iOS, and a version for Linux will be prepared in the future. The first stable release of Microsoft Edge is scheduled is set for January 15.

It is worth noting that last year, Microsoft began developed a new version of the Edge browser, switched to the Chromium engine. During the work on the new browser, Microsoft a large contract electronics manufacturer from Singapore—Flex. The company actively uses Linux in its data centers and manufacturing facilities. Flex representatives state they will do everything possible to protect the free operating system from infringement risks. contributed to the Chromium community and began to return improvements and fixes made for Edge to the project. For example, improvements related to technologies for people with disabilities, touch screen management, support for ARM64 architecture, enhanced scrolling experience, and multimedia processing have already been transferred. Additionally, WebRTC has been adapted for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). Optimizations and enhancements have been made to the D3D11 backend for ANGLE, a layer for translating calls from OpenGL ES to OpenGL, Direct3D 9/11, Desktop GL, and Vulkan. Open the code of the WebGL engine being developed at Microsoft.

Source: opennet.ru