Security News > 2020 > October > The Windows 10 Calculator has been ported to Linux
The Windows 10 Calculator has been ported to Linux and can be installed from the Canonical Snap Store.
In March 2019, Microsoft open-sourced the Windows 10 Calculator and invited other developers to contribute to its development.
Using the Uno Platform, an open-source toolkit to create cross-platform applications, Uno developers ported the Windows Calculator to Linux under the name 'Uno Calculator.
Below you can see the Windows 10 Calculator running in Windows on the left and the Uno Calculator running in Ubuntu on the right.
As Linux increases in popularity, and even Microsoft embraces the operating system, we can see more native Windows apps ported to Linux to entice users to switch.
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