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Bazzite (Fedora Core 43 based) Linux

Microsoft Edge Web Browser Setup Guide

This guide will detail how to setup Microsoft Edge Browser inside a Debian based Distrobox Container.

Debian based Distrobox container

Create a new distrobox container if you don't want to reuse an existing Debian based distro (--name can be whatever you want to call it):

distrobox create --name deb-apps --nvidia --image docker.io/debian/eol:bullseye

Enter the container:

distrobox enter deb-apps

Update the sudoer file:

sudo apt install nano

sudo visudo

Scroll to the bottom find the line that reads:

root    ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

Add the following below that line:

trevor  ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

Where trevor is your username then save the file and update the container:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Install and Setup

Run the following command to output the architecture of your Distrobox container:

dpkg --print-architecture

If the output is amd64, set up Microsoft's Edge repository and install:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg
sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/microsoft.gpg > /dev/null
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/microsoft.gpg
echo 'deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge stable main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge-stable.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install microsoft-edge-stable

This adds Microsoft's signing key in the modern keyrings location, registers the official Edge repo, then installs Edge. Future updates will arrive with apt upgrade.

Type which microsoft-edge to confirm installation path /usr/bin/microsoft-edge. Now export the application to the host:

distrobox-export --bin /usr/bin/microsoft-edge --export-path ~/.local/bin

Create Gnome Desktop icon

For gnome you can create a Gnome Launcher icon located in ./local/share/applications called ms-edge.desktop using your favourite editor (Nano, or Micro are good terminal based editors) and paste in the following:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Microsoft Edge
Comment=Your AI-powered browser
GenericName=Web Browser
Exec=/usr/bin/distrobox-enter  -n deb-apps  --   microsoft-edge
Icon=web-browser-symbolic
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
StartupWMClass=Edge
Categories=WebBrowser;Browser;
Keywords=edge;

The Icon value can be changed for any of the 48 Adwaita icons see here

Save the file then update the desktop database:

update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications/

Testing

Press the super-key and type edge you should see the new Microsoft Edge browser icon left-click to launch the app.

Contributing

If you found this guide helpful, consider sharing it with the Bazzite/Universal Blue community on their Discord or GitHub discussions!

Last Updated: December 2025
Tested On: Bazzite 43 (Fedora Core 43)