

Or, if you only need to run apps, install the Runtime. Install the SDK (which includes the runtime) if you want to develop. NET is no longer supported with that version. When a Fedora version falls out of support. One thing’s for sure: it will certainly be interesting to see the reaction Microsoft’s browser gets when it is deployed to Linux.NET is supported on Fedora and this article describes how to install. Edge will also do streaming better (by default Chrome limits you to 720p when you’re trying to watch a spot of Netflix).Īll the testing feedback about Edge has been pretty positive in the main thus far, too, so maybe that will persuade even doubters to at least consider it. That said, there will doubtless be Linux users who are curious, and may want to pick up a mainstream alternative to Firefox on Linux which, when compared to Chrome – with its famous memory hogging antics – makes a far preferable choice in some respects. No matter how much Microsoft has been banging the open source drum in many different ways in recent times. So certainly some of the more fervent open source types out there may not welcome a Microsoft browser with open arms, and doubtless it will be regarded with suspicion in some quarters.

One other thing to consider is that the introduction of Edge to Linux is something of a thorny subject in that the folks who choose a Linux distro often do so to break away from the chains of Microsoft and Windows (or indeed Apple). That includes other versions of Windows aside from Windows 10, macOS, plus mobile – iOS and Android – with Linux being the final major piece of the platform puzzle.
