ahen
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Post by ahen on Jan 23, 2021 20:08:28 GMT
Some will have ideological objections, but Edge is a good browser. Built on Chrome with low resource usage and good performance. Full set of extensions. It installs and runs well on 64 bit bodhi: Install Microsoft Edge browser in linux
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enigma9o7
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Post by enigma9o7 on Jan 24, 2021 0:14:56 GMT
well I'll be a monkeys uncle
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wimc
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Post by wimc on Jan 30, 2021 13:08:57 GMT
No Thanks
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Post by majpooper on Jan 30, 2021 14:13:05 GMT
Oh great now MS can track me on linux. If I am not mistaken, and I often am, Chrome is the Google derivative of Open Source Chromium. Chrome=tracked by Google Edge=tracked by MS. No thx, I will just be tracked by Mozilla.
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cooler
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Post by cooler on Jan 30, 2021 15:35:40 GMT
Oh great now MS can track me on linux. If I am not mistaken, and I often am, Chrome is the Google derivative of Open Source Chromium. Chrome=tracked by Google Edge=tracked by MS. No thx, I will just be tracked by Mozilla. Agree with you on tracking and privacy. I also believe Firefox is the only good browser for privacy (from the "serious" browsers).
I have 0 desire to use any Microsoft software free or otherwise. It's enough that I have to your their crap at work.
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enigma9o7
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Post by enigma9o7 on Jan 30, 2021 18:34:32 GMT
It won't sync! Boo!
I have no desire to use it myself, but I was helping an older family friend make their computer useful and suggested they try linux (it was dual core 4gb machine that took 5 minutes to boot win10 and 2 minutes just to open edge), they said as long as edge still works that's fine so remembering this thread, I installed it for them (under linux mint xfce; even tho I love bodhi I dont think its beginner distro for this guy who is only using linux cuz I said I can set it up for him to be easy).
But microsoft edge for linux wont let you login/sync, says thats only supported on windows/macos. (I transferred his bookmarks over and he was happy enough, but still, that's disappointing).
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Post by archaem on Jan 30, 2021 20:17:14 GMT
Some will have ideological objections, but Edge is a good browser. Built on Chrome with low resource usage and good performance. Full set of extensions. It installs and runs well on 64 bit bodhi: Install Microsoft Edge browser in linuxHello, I have read from various sources that Microsoft -- in recent years -- has voiced support for Linux whereas such a sentiment was not known from Microsoft in the past. The fact that they've (Microsoft) built their Edge Browser on top of Chromium, and released a version of their Edge browser to the Linux market, definitely speaks of a potential penetration into the Linux community from Microsoft. Considering IBM's recent acquisition (recent as in ~2years now, if I recall correctly) of Red Hat and therefore Fedora (considering Red Hat's influence on Fedora), it seems there might be a convergence of "big tech" into the Linux world in the years to come, particularly within the consumer market since Linux variations have had a strong presence within the corporate world for a while now -- especially within the network-side of the "tech" industries where Linux servers seem to outperform Microsoft servers. Now then, since Google has been the primary "big tech" corporation to have a presence within the Linux consumer market with their ChromeOS, I think it's reasonable to foresee they'll be encountering new competitors in the years ahead, in particular from an IBM supported Fedora and -- who knows what -- from Microsoft. What's notable here, is that by releasing a Linux supported web browser, Microsoft is now actively participating within the Linux market, and this in itself is worth monitoring. For those curious, here is an excerpt from a Microsoft blog article: Date published: October 2020 (so, fairly recent) Reading through the comments in this thread, it seems many are against Microsoft's penetration into the Linux market, and it seems ahen was aware of this potential sentiment by qualifying their comment with, "Some will have ideological objections,". So then, if one removes any ideological objections and corporate bias(es), it is reasonable to recognize this release of the Linux supported Edge browser by Microsoft to be a development worth monitoring since it suggests that "big tech" sees consumers flocking to Linux distributions and this is a "lost" market for them. (And I wonder why...?) Personally thinking that the commercial Linux market will see a significant amount of "movement" from major corporate players such as IBM and Microsoft in the years ahead -- in addition to Google. Very interesting. Exhibit A: IBM has released new ThinkPads sold with Fedora: (So, an added "bonus" of IBM"s acquisition of Red Hat is that they now have an opportunity to penetrate into the consumer market whereas such an opportunity was not on the horizon for IBM.) Note the date on that article: April 2020. ... And Microsoft released a Linux version of their Edge Browser in October of 2020. Just a coincidence...? I bet IBM's kicking themselves for abandoning their ThinkPads to Lenovo, especially now that they have an operating system to "sell" to both the consumer and commercial markets. In any case, there's no doubt that Microsoft has been watching Google's slow (and successful) movements with Linux in recent years, and now with IBM's Fedora move, how can one not foresee a future where the Linux community -- both the consumer side and the commercial side -- is dominated by a corporate presence? Anyways, I think I've digressed a bit too far from the original topic. Cheers for this thread!
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37bodie
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Post by 37bodie on Feb 19, 2021 4:10:04 GMT
I have 0 desire to use any Microsoft software free or otherwise. It's enough that I have to your their crap at work.
Microsoft Arcade and Return of Arcade the exception for me, oh and Excel via Remote Desktop, only because I'm a huge Excel fan.
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Post by Tarfile on Mar 4, 2021 13:49:04 GMT
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enigma9o7
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Post by enigma9o7 on Mar 4, 2021 14:53:49 GMT
I missed the part where we were mentioning our favorite microsoft apps. For me its paint. I think it's the only microsoft app I miss (although I can think of a windows feature I miss too). I've tried most of the paint clones I've heard of and they all seem to have one issue or another. Currently I use mtpaint and its decent, but it sometimes stops responding correctly and I have to kill it and lose my unsaved changes. I should probably learn to use gimp, but paint is so simple!
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cooler
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Post by cooler on Mar 5, 2021 8:49:16 GMT
I missed the part where we were mentioning our favorite microsoft apps. For me its paint. I think it's the only microsoft app I miss (although I can think of a windows feature I miss too). I've tried most of the paint clones I've heard of and they all seem to have one issue or another. Currently I use mtpaint and its decent, but it sometimes stops responding correctly and I have to kill it and lose my unsaved changes. I should probably learn to use gimp, but paint is so simple!
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tms6161
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Post by tms6161 on Mar 28, 2021 10:47:02 GMT
Oh great now MS can track me on linux. If I am not mistaken, and I often am, Chrome is the Google derivative of Open Source Chromium. Chrome=tracked by Google Edge=tracked by MS. No thx, I will just be tracked by Mozilla. by default,you are protected from tracking in firefox.i gave up google chrome almost a year ago.
edge chromium claims to have good privacy protection,and..yeah it seems ok....not sure though.
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enigma9o7
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Post by enigma9o7 on Mar 29, 2021 1:46:29 GMT
I missed the part where we were mentioning our favorite microsoft apps. For me its paint. I think it's the only microsoft app I miss (although I can think of a windows feature I miss too). I've tried most of the paint clones I've heard of and they all seem to have one issue or another. Currently I use mtpaint and its decent, but it sometimes stops responding correctly and I have to kill it and lose my unsaved changes. I should probably learn to use gimp, but paint is so simple!
off topic reply; I decided to build current version of mtpaint from github source, and have used it quite a bit in past few weeks without issue. I guess they fixed some stuff in the past 5 years since the version in bionic repo! And even more recently omeone else pointed me to not-so-light (but not as complicated as gimp) program called krita, just started using that and like it too, but it is most definitely not just a "mspaint clone" like mtpaint and other ones are.
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