The time is here! A stable version of Microsoft’s Edge web browser is now available for Linux. There have been beta and developer versions for some time, but the stable release was recently spotted in the yum repository hosted by Microsoft. If you want to try it out, you can download the rpm package in Fedora or use the command line to upgrade to Ubuntu.
The stable version is not yet an option on the official page, but there are other ways to get the package.
http://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/edge/
Ubuntu Downloads:
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpgsudo install -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge-dev.list'sudo rm microsoft.gpgsudo apt update && sudo apt install microsoft-edge-stableBenchmarking
Fedora 35 .rpm packages
Firefox 93.0
Chromium 94.0.4606.81
Microsoft Edge 95.0.1020.40
GNOME Web 41.0
Brave 1.31.88
Vivaldi 4.3
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Javascript Testing
Kraken JavaScript Benchmark (time, lower is better)
Firefox: 959.3ms ±1.2%
Chromium: 699.0ms ±0.6%
GNOME Web: 633.0ms ±0.7%
Vivaldi: 696.6ms ±0.5%
Brave: 699.9ms ±0.8%
Edge: 692.6ms ±0.6%
JetStream 2 (score, higher is better)
Firefox: 86.848
Chromium: 145.737
GNOME Web: 152.809
Vivaldi: 146.212
Brave: 147.310
Edge: 149.908
ARES-6 (time, lower is better)
Firefox: 45.05ms ±1.45
Chromium: 20.73 ±0.92ms
GNOME Web: 18.02 ±1.42ms
Vivaldi: 20.86 ±1.18ms
Brave: 20.91 ±1.03ms
Edge: 20.62 ±0.82ms
Graphics Testing
MotionMark (score, higher is better)
Firefox: 605.66 ±3.77%
Chromium: 609.23 ±11.19%
GNOME Web: 365.45 ±4.88%
Vivaldi: 727.09 ±7.52%
Brave: 628.79 ±17.35%
Edge: 780.51 ±12.10%
Graphics Winner: Microsoft Edge
Responsiveness Testing
Speedometer (runs/min, higher is better)
Firefox: 132 ±2.3
Chromium: 132 ±3.3
GNOME Web: 127 ±2.0
Vivaldi: 136 ±1.6
Brave: 137 ±3.8
Edge: 139 ±2.5
Responsiveness Winner: Microsoft Edge
Generalized Testing
WebXPRT 3 (score, higher is better)
Firefox: 213
Chromium: 179
GNOME Web: 222
Vivaldi: 228
Brave: 214
Edge: 230
Generalized Winner: Microsoft Edge
Overall Winner: Microsoft Edge
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