Personally, I have a folder ~/Downloads/rpms where I keep such loose-leaf packages. Take note of where you download the RPM file. Read through the license terms and if you agree, select “Accept and download”.

Should you be running a different distribution, you will have to adjust the installation process accordingly. Since I run openSUSE, that is the version I selected. What is available is the Dev Channel version of Microsoft Edge, in a nutshell, this is the weekly update of the application and is not yet considered “stable.” Knowing this, I will be forgiving of any little oddities. Start off by downloading the RPM from here: Installation is easy, assuming you are familiar with the process in openSUSE. This browser may still be in the “Dev” channel, but it is shockingly good. I am nothing short of impressed by how it performs. Since that is a required feature for for me on safe web-browsing, I don’t see Edge knocking Firefox off the top of my browser mountain.īottom Line Up Front, Edge is good, it’s real good. Firefox has been nice due to the privacy features and container tabs which is not yet (if ever) available on Edge. My contentment with the browser scene has been rather low as of late. I only used Chrome for work and use it sparingly now. For the last 4 years or so, it has been a slow, crashy, system-interfering browser, therefore, I have been using Firefox and Falkon as my go-to browsers. To keep our definitions straight, I consider bloat to be anything that causes significant loss of system performance or makes using your system less enjoyable (not software installed you don’t use, that can be plucked out). It felt like a breath of browser fresh air. In the beginning of the last decade, Google Chrome came onto the scene in spectacular fashion. I have found them frustrating, to say the least.

I don’t generally get too excited about browsers.

I am not one to jump on any bandwagon or get excited over anything unless I have good reason.

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