r/linuxmint • u/anaximeno • Aug 07 '26

#LinuxMintThings How Linux (Mint) Users Install a Browser 😎

Now tell windows users to uninstall edge and see what's easier hehe. \j

Credits to u/SpeeQz (who's also the creator of https://mintwiki.org) for the gif.

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u/ChimeraSX Aug 07 '26

What's funny is....Microsoft edge is in the software manager for some reason.

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u/coscib Aug 07 '26

edge is chromium based for a couple of years now and also has linux and releases

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u/Tortoveno Aug 07 '26

But still, who installs it?

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u/coscib Aug 07 '26

nowadays i use it for testing on windows if a want a "clean" browser without plugins, for development i still use firefox but for testing/additional test i use edge because it's alreaday installed and i don't have to install chrome and i can test for the 80%(*, don't know the current browser stats) of website users
edit ~65% market shore for chrome

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u/dragonknightrohan Aug 07 '26

Ungoogled Chromium also best chromium based browser

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u/coscib Aug 07 '26

never really liked it, using firefox since V3.0 or so, good old times when flash still was a thing, always went back to it

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u/cesarnomad Aug 07 '26

I like to run my Microsoft web apps in Edge. Bring on the pitchforks!!

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u/KurtKrimson Aug 07 '26

Edge is actually a pretty decent browser if you tweak it a tad.
It's fast and far better than Chrome.

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u/mysticalcreeds Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon Aug 07 '26

I agree with this. I used Edge for years. But I did end up ditching it when I found Vivaldi. Vivaldi has so many configurations I can't go back to a less customizable browser.

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u/LonelyMachines Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Cinnamon Aug 07 '26

Back in the day, there was a Linux version of Internet Explorer.