Sean Larkin (), Technical Program Manager for the Microsoft Web Platform, about the work to port the Microsoft Edge browser to Linux. Details have not yet been announced. Developers using Linux for development, testing, or day-to-day activities are encouraged to participate in and answer a few questions about browser usage, platforms, and installation preferences.
Recall that last year Microsoft development of a new edition of the Edge browser, translated to the Chromium engine. Working on a new Microsoft browser to the Chromium development community and began improvements and fixes being made for Edge to the project. For example, improvements related to technologies for people with disabilities, touch screen control, support for the ARM64 architecture, improved scrolling convenience, and multimedia data processing have already been transferred. In addition, Web RTC is adapted for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). Optimization and refinement of the D3D11 backend for , layers for translating OpenGL ES calls to OpenGL, Direct3D 9/11, Desktop GL, and Vulkan. code of the WebGL engine developed by Microsoft.
Currently for testing already experimental Microsoft Edge is based on Chromium, but is limited to Windows and macOS platforms for now. For download also build archives that include source codes for third-party components used in Edge (to get a list, enter “edge” in the filter field).
Source: opennet.ru