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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Microsoft Edge, anyone? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I recently discovered that you can get Microsoft Edge for Linux (🤢🤮) and am curious... does anyone here use Edge for Linux, or have you ever? What was your reasoning for using it?

EDIT: Well, you all have provided some interesting perspectives I hadn't ever considered. Including one which means I'll have to install Edge, so... thanks, I guess. 😂

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Just two years ago I had someone complaining that my website didn’t work in Internet Explorer. By that point the library I was using didn’t support it anymore but the old bat (really bitchy lady) refused to switch.

So I ended up blocking the entire user-agent with a “this browser is not supported” page that explained you need to download Edge because IE is end of life. Really hated to do that (not a fan of UA sniffing) but that was the only thing I could really do.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Should have redirected to FF tho

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed, but as a big Safari fan I’m not keen on forcing my choice onto users. You’re right, Firefox is a huge win privacy-wise but since it was a business application and they’re clearly on Windows I decided to “respect” the OS and software she was currently running by linking to Microsoft’s support article on the matter.

Also, this was before Edge got super creepy. I think it was around the time it first came out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then that's understandable, of course

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

But knowing users she probably went with Chrome 🤣

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

At least you can take comfort that you probably contributed to saving her from some ie malware in the future