If you’re one of the few people who use Microsoft Edge on Linux, we’ve got some good news for you. For years, Microsoft never really bothered to say which distributions it actually supported. You’d just have to try it out yourself and hope Edge would work without any issues.
Well, it looks like Microsoft finally decided to change that. In an update to its official documentation (h/t Neowin), the company now explicitly states that Edge is supported on the following 64-bit Linux distros:
- Ubuntu 18.04 or later
- Debian 10 or later
- openSUSE 15.5 or later
- Fedora Linux 39 or later
This doesn’t mean that Edge won’t work on other Linux distros. If you run Arch, Void, or any other flavor of the OS, you can still install it and use it just fine. Microsoft specifically noted that “other Linux distributions might be able to run Microsoft Edge but aren’t officially supported.”
So if, for whatever reason, you try to get official support from Microsoft and are running a distro that isn’t officially supported, you likely won’t get much help from the company. That said, with Linux’s supportive community, you probably won’t have any trouble finding a way to get Edge to work on your distro anyway.
It’s quite interesting that this clarification took several years to come, considering Google Chrome made its own official list of supported Linux distros in 2019.
Either way, it’s nice to finally have something official to work with. Meanwhile, Microsoft is also busy tidying up Edge behind the scenes. The company recently retired legacy Windows 10 security tools from the browser and nudged corporate users over to newer protection systems. We covered that in detail here.
But not everything is sunshine and rainbows. Edge has also been losing some useful features. For example, the company recently retired the handy cross-device sharing tool called Drop from the browser. Before that, they got rid of the sidebar app list and Collections.
If you rely on Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, or openSUSE for work or everyday browsing, you finally have peace of mind that your setup is officially backed.
Dwayne Cubbins
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I cover fast-moving stories across apps, online platforms, and everyday tech — phones, wearables, consoles, and whatever else people are fighting with this week. Bugs, rollouts, scams, policy enforcement, and the occasional internet-culture rabbit hole are all fair game. My goal is simple — make confusing tech news readable. When I'm not working, I'm working out or chilling with my dog. Got a tip? You can find me on X @dcubbins.