Step through the application setup and sign in to your Microsoft account for the full experience. Instead of double-clicking this file, right-click and choose “Install with Linux” from the menu that appears and then step through the prompts.Ī Linux installer notification will display the install progress. You can find this by opening the Files app and navigating to My files > Downloads. You want the former (*.deb), and when you download the file, it will be saved to the Downloads folder on your Chromebook. The site will explain that Edge isn’t compatible with Chrome OS.īut fear not: if you search the page for the term “Linux” you will find download links for in *.deb and *.rpm. Next, use Chrome to visit the Microsoft Edge website.

To get started, you first need to install Linux on a compatible Chromebook. And there are some weird visual issues with Chrome OS-and no Dark mode, go figure-that make it less than ideal. I’m not sure really sure what the performance hit is when you use Linux, and Linux apps, under Chrome OS.

Granted, the experience isn’t perfect: you can’t make Edge your default browser in Chrome OS, of course. If you have a Linux-capable Chromebook, you can now install Microsoft Edge for Linux and see what an Edgebook would be like.

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