I use edge on Ubuntu via the snap.
It lets me use a very specific website that doesn't work in Firefox.
It also lets me play Xbox cloud games on Linux.
Otherwise it's Firefox soon the way.
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I can't remember for sure but I think that I got Xbox cloud games working on Firefox before with thr user agent switcher back when I had it, it also works well for those sites that don't work in Firefox sometimes.
That's a YMMV thing though because sometimes the sites just genuinely don't work in Firefox rather than just being blocked because they haven't tested it
As a browser it’s fine, but Microsoft asking me to use it every 0.001 seconds really turns me off it.
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I use it as the only browser for work. I don't have choices, because Teams and Outlook with all its' functionality works well only in their own browser, edge...
I even write some userscript to improve it because it's broken.. :/
Yep, I use for Xbox cloud gaming on steam deck.
I am not judging anyone who uses Edge here, I can understnad the appeal of it. I just am sad that Linux doesn't have Microsoft like feature that there isn't a great alternative for Google + Bard, Microsoft GPT.
I want everything FOSS, but yeah, I will sleep now. I am too old for the new gen.
I used it once to use the in browser bug report thing to request that they support immersive WebXR on linux.
I've used it just to access Bing Chat, which has become my go to AI chatbot for a couple of reasons: 1) you theoretically get access to gpt 4 without paying 20 dollars a month, 2) it cites it's sources, and 3) it can create images via DALLE from within the chat (which is handy, you can chat with the AI to help you think of an image prompt, the just say "ok make an image based on that description"). Other then that, i use Firefox at home. At work our choices are chrome or edge, so I use edge because of bing chat and I kind of like the layout better. It feels like choosing between buying something from Amazon or Walmart, which terrible corporation do I hate more in a given moment.
FYI you can use Bing AI in Firefox by spoofing the user-agent header
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As long as Vivaldi is available on Linux I don't see a need for it, same engine but better features.
Ooh, thanks for pointing that out! I haven't used it, but now I will start installing it for every colleague's Linux user when I get the chance, just to mess with them. Might even change their bash's prompt to the DOS one.
(These edge installs of mine will probably account for half of all edge on Linux installs ever, btw)
Bullshit. Even the flatpak is not sandboxed very much. If you sandbox it totally then maybe. But I dont know.
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Although I am required to use windows machines for work normally and, since we dont have access to firefox, i normally use edge there, there are occasions on which I find it convenient to hop into a similar setup on my home linux machine to get to my work account. I will use edge for that - as well as outlook online etc.
For a work browser, I find it pretty useful. There is no way that I would want to use if for general purposes though.