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Microsoft Edge, anyone? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by cujo@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

I recently discovered that you can get Microsoft Edge for Linux (🤢🤮) and am curious... does anyone here use Edge for Linux, or have you ever? What was your reasoning for using it?

EDIT: Well, you all have provided some interesting perspectives I hadn't ever considered. Including one which means I'll have to install Edge, so... thanks, I guess. 😂

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I tested it out bc I thought I'd need it to get teams running for school, but it turns out we're only using teams' video calls so Vivaldi works too. Edge is fine I guess? I dislike that it's chromium and I dislike microsoft but it's good to know edge works fine, in case I need it for some reason at some point. I still uninstalled it when I realized I didn't need it.

Normally, I use firefox for normal personal browsing and vivaldi for school (since some sites we use work much better on chromum, and it's nice to have that separation anyways).

[–] Kristof12@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use firefox and used email and most of my things on google, but after 2023, I had an abandoned outlook and start to use for Sync on Edge and etc

IDK, seems a decent browser, a lot need some corporate browser and microsoft going to cloud, at least it's better than going to windows entirely for a lot of people kekw

[–] namesoecila@jlai.lu 3 points 1 year ago

I don’t use it for browsing but only for two use cases :

  • Editing PDFs. Firefox does it, but stupidly if you reopen the file you can’t edit previous edits. Like you write something on the pdf, turn off your computer, a day later you want to edit the text, you can’t. But Edge remembers text blocks and you can edit even after you reopen the file. That’s why I use it
  • Bing Chat
[–] SZof@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Usual MS garbage.

[–] wyzim@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yes, started using Edge on Linux few months ago exclusively for free GPT-4

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[–] whodoctor11@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

In my opinion, the only proprietary browner (and remember that it is partially proprietary) worth even though it is proprietary is Vivaldi

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[–] eddanja@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

I used to because they gave out free coupons for various things (like Amazon). The issue I had with it is that the right-click menu for Edge on Linux overrides the OS and that of a browser. It was annoying enough to go back to Firefox.

[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 year ago

I use edge on linux every now and then. I keep two browsers to separate work and personal stuff and I use edge as my secondary browser (for personal stuff on the work OS, for work stuff on the personal OS). My main browser is Vivaldi.

My reasoning is that it has very good tab management features and I'd still rather use a Microsoft browser than an Opera browser. With just those two requirements there's not much else to use out there.

[–] A10@kerala.party 1 points 1 year ago

MS Edge Has a superior PDF editor with very good workflow for textboxes, pen input support. I use it just for editing/annotating PDFs.

[–] ChonkaLoo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I collect Microsoft points so Edge gives bonus every day & integrates with bing. It's also good for reading pdfs and epubs cause it has nice tts which does not sound like a retarded robot played through a tin can like the linux native one.

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