Are you sure you like Linux? (You don’t actually sound like you do.) 
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Windows doesn’t do that !!
I might be talking through my hat, but it feels like your perception of other OSs is inaccurate or something.
(If you have an issue with Edge, just don’t have it as your default browser. …And that’s it.)
Scrivener is a standalone app anyways… (??)
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(All of this said with friendly intentions. Even though it might not be obvious.)