JUST over a fortnight ago Microsoft bombarded the word “Linux” to promote proprietary software that spies on people. It was vapourware of course and Microsoft seems to be doing that again; back then it was Teams, now it's Edge. We've sadly seen not just Microsoft-friendly sites like Neowin [1] playing ball but also "OMG Ubuntu" [2] and longtime Microsoft propagandist (and liar) Bogdan Popa at Softpedia [3]. Microsoft apparently thinks GNU/Linux users will volunteer to test proprietary software of Microsoft. These people are either dreaming or lying (they often do; they also paste the lie "Microsoft loves Linux" habitually). An anti-Linux trolling site [4] soon joined in.
"Microsoft apparently thinks GNU/Linux users will volunteer to test proprietary software of Microsoft."Phoronix and few other sites [5] later promoted some PowerShell nonsense (in relation to "Linux"). When the media speaks of "command line interface" [6] it now means Windows only.
Why are some so-called 'Linux' sites celebrating the mere possibility of proprietary software from Microsoft (based on Free software which is already better) coming to GNU/Linux? Why would any GNU/Linux user choose Edge over Chromium, for example? It seems like Microsoft googlebombing and brand dilution. Search for "Linux" news, get Microsoft news instead. ⬆
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