Microsoft showed some Linux love in the latest update to Edge Dev

Microsoft Edge Dev on Linux now lets you sync favorites, passwords, and more.

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What you need to know

Microsoft Edge Dev users on Linux just got shown some love by Microsoft. Edge Dev on Linux now has the option to sync passwords, favorites, extensions, and more. The feature is disabled by default at the moment, even for Insiders, but you can easily enable it through edge://flags.

Once you navigate to edge://flags, you just need to search for “MSA sign in” and switch it to “enabled.” You can then sync content to the browser. Microsoft outlines the steps to do this in aTech Community post:

As is the case with other Insider features, Microsoft would like feedback from anyone testing it out.

Microsoft Edge

The new Microsoft Edge runs on Chromium, supports popular extensions, and regularly gets new features from Microsoft. The links here let you download each version of Edge for every platform that’s supported.

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