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Steam On Linux Use Recedes Slightly During August - Phoronix (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'd think that China would have higher Linux adoption, given its government's understandable leeriness toward foreign products in general and American products in particular. Linux isn't domestic, but at least it's auditable, unlike Windows and MacOS.

[–] jbloggs777@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 weeks ago

Many governments get access to source code for critical systems as a condition for their use / part of contract negotiations. It's also quite likely that Microsoft and all its services in China is operated as a Joint Venture.

China did have Red Flag Linux (with Government support) for a while, too.

[–] highball@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

It's still happening. Just not over night.

The launch event for the new OS featured luminaries from China’s tech ecosystem pledge to support KylinOS 11 and its adoption across the economy.

Whatever "luminaries from China's Tech ecosystem" actually ends up being. KylinOS adoption