The first stable build of Edge for Linux has the file name 86_64.rpm, the second build, released a day after the first, has the file name 86_64.rpm. Naked Security spotted the stable build first on the Yum repository.

A Beta version was released for Linux eventually, but it took Microsoft until late October 2021 to release the first stable build of Edge for Linux. Microsoft did not reveal a schedule for the release of the first stable version of Edge for Linux. The initial release supported Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and openSUSE officially. The company released the f irst public preview of Microsoft Edge for Linux in late 2020, about ten months after the first stable versions of the new browser were released for Windows and Mac OS X. The classic version of Microsoft Edge was released only for Windows 10, and that limitation was one reason why it was not that successful.

When Microsoft announced the switch to a Chromium-based web browser in late 2018, it confirmed that the new Edge would be available for additional platforms.

Microsoft has released the first stable version of the new Microsoft Edge web browser for Linux.

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