[Meme] When Linux 'News' is Clickbait and Worse

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2020-10-15 19:27:05 UTC
Modified: 2020-10-15 19:27:05 UTC

We've had free calculator code for more than half a century; this one isn't even new (superficial 'news' or PR disguised as 'reporting'; or googlebombing the term "Linux" to help Microsoft dominate the space)

Thousands of programs implementing a calculator, with source code but let's help Microsoft promote a spyware calculator

Summary: We're once again seeing that things are overlooked by the media until Microsoft does something, in which case it's considered worth promoting [1-4]

Related/contextual items from the news:

Love Windows Calculator? You can Now Use it on Linux as Well [Ed: Oh, come on; don’t become Microsoft clowns. We already have plenty of good calculators and Microsoft’s is spyware (tracking the keypresses, reporting to Microsoft!)]

In the first quarter of 2019, Microsoft open sourced the Windows Calculator. Being open source, it allows developers to use it in their own applications.

I couldn’t care less for a calculator application but as some It’s FOSS readers pointed out, they like using the Windows Calculator.
You Can Now Install the Windows Calculator App on Linux [Ed: Of course Joey Sneddon also had to help Microsoft promote a spyware calculator]
Windows Calculator now does your math on Raspberry Pi, Tesla, and tons of Linux devices [Ed: Microsoft PR sites]

The Windows Calculator on Linux with Uno Platform | Ubuntu [Ed: Even Canonical jumps in to help Microsoft]

The good folks in the Uno Platform community have ported the open-source Windows Calculator to Linux. And they’ve done it quicker than Microsoft could bring their browser to Linux. The calculator is published in the snapstore and can be downloaded right away. If you’re on Ubuntu or you have snapd installed just run...

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