Installation

flatpak install flathub com.microsoft.Edge

Fix Copilot (Missing HubApps File)

The HubApps file tells Edge which sidebar apps to load — Copilot being the primary one.

Edge on Linux ships without a required configuration file called HubApps. Without it, the Copilot sidebar will not appear. Adding the HubApps file returns the sidebar functionality.

• Download the HubApps file.

  You can copy it from a Windows Edge installation at: AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\HubApps

  Alternatively, download the community-maintained copy here.

• Create the target directory if it does not already exist:

  mkdir -p ~/.var/app/com.microsoft.Edge/config/microsoft-edge/Default/

• Copy the file to ~/.var/app/com.microsoft.Edge/config/microsoft-edge/Default

  cp HubApps ~/.var/app/com.microsoft.Edge/config/microsoft-edge/Default/HubApps

• Restart Edge. Copilot should now appear in the sidebar.

Enable Touchpad Gestures

By default, the Flatpak version of Edge does not enable touchpad swipe for back/forward navigation. A flags configuration file fixes this.

• Create the flags file:

  nano ~/.var/app/com.microsoft.Edge/config/edge-flags.conf

• Add the following line and save:

  ~/.var/app/com.microsoft.Edge/config/edge-flags.conf

  --enable-features=TouchpadOverscrollHistoryNavigation

  Save with Ctrl + O, Enter, then exit with Ctrl + X.

• Restart Edge to apply the flag.

Fix Web App Icons on Wayland

When you install websites as web apps from Edge, their taskbar icons may not appear correctly on Wayland. This happens because the .desktop files generated by Edge use an outdated StartupWMClass format that Wayland compositors do not recognise.

The fix updates all affected .desktop files to use the correct format.

Before	After
StartupWMClass=crx__APPID-PROFILE	StartupWMClass=msedge-_APPID-PROFILE
StartupWMClass=crx__eigpmdhekjlgjgcppnanaanbdmnlnagl-Default	StartupWMClass=msedge-_eigpmdhekjlgjgcppnanaanbdmnlnagl-Default

It is suggested to use VSCode to create a local git repository in ~/.local/share/applications to track changes and make edits.

Contributors

aier9500

Changelog

5/29/26, 4:18 AM

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• 1ae6c-Fix incorrect info and stylingon 5/29/26
• b5534-Change team name, fixing links.on 5/21/26
• f544c-Restructuring assets and minor typo fixes.on 5/13/26
• e08ae-Add Microsoft Edge setup guide with installation and configuration stepson 5/13/26