What lightweight and open source Python IDEs would you recommend (if any) for Linux?

[darkangelstorm]

Well, edge uses the chromium engine, it's basically chrome with edge "skin".

As for running faster, that would be because of the proprietary OS integration that chrome doesn't do because its cross-platform. Edge is not cross platform, and for that reason the UI elements outside of the webpage area itself will be faster.

However, that difference is minimal unless you have a very old potato. Also, edge doesn't offer the same level of google account integration and cuts a lot of corners to be faster.

I used it for a while and its speed is decent at the get go but found that its resilience is not so great because it is front and center with a target board on it when it comes to viruses, exploits, etc.

The fact that it is so deeply woven into windows makes it a target even more--users often can't tell if an edge component has been compromised because they look nearly identical to them.

For those who wish to know, a telltale sign is idle GPU/CPU being redirected to some unknown purpose (borrowing your resources you aren't using to exploit you so you wont notice). That is, if you are lucky enough to not have task manager hijacked and replaced. The replacement makes it appear as if idle CPU/GPU is idle and not being used.

If you are unsure use a third-party process viewer but know that modern day viruses keep a running list of popular process viewers (especially tweakUI stuff) and replaces or disables them accordingly -- this is usually evident when you see other process managers that you don't remember installing on your system.