Microsoft has moved the version of the Edge browser for the Linux platform to the beta testing stage. Edge for Linux will now be distributed through the regular development and beta distribution channel, which provides a 6-week update cycle. Previously, weekly updated dev and insider builds for developers were published. The browser is available as rpm and deb packages for Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and openSUSE. Among the functional improvements in the test releases of Edge for Linux, the addition of the ability to connect to a Microsoft account and support for synchronization between devices of settings, bookmarks and navigation history is noted.
Recall that in 2018, Microsoft began the development of a new edition of the Edge browser, translated to the Chromium engine and developed as a cross-platform product. While working on the new browser, Microsoft joined the Chromium development community and began to bring back enhancements and fixes being made for Edge to the project. For example, improvements related to technologies for people with disabilities, touch screen controls, support for the ARM64 architecture, improved scrolling, and multimedia data processing were transferred to Chromium. Optimization and refinement of the D3D11 backend for ANGLE, a layer for translating OpenGL ES calls to OpenGL, Direct3D 9/11, Desktop GL and Vulkan, was carried out. The code of the WebGL engine developed by Microsoft has been opened.
Source: opennet.ru