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Steam Hardware & Software Survey [Chinese +0.90%] [Linux -0.20%] [Windows 10 +0.28%] (store.steampowered.com)
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[–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I still find it fascinating Linux adoption in China is basically 0.

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But aren't there like chinese distros as well? I thought China is also trying to become independent from US tech

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

The Chinese government wants that yeah, they do have their own distro, but the people just keep using Windows anyways

[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I was told by a Chinese coworker a few years back that piracy is the biggest factor. There was little enforcement, and everybody runs a cracked version of Windows because it was insanely easy to do.

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

When picking out Distros first I looked into Deepin a while ago because I found it visually appealing. I obviously didn't pick it but there's also good chinese Distros

[–] alessandro@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

It's not 0, its "AAA piracy gaming" in China that's basically 100% Windows.

Linux (kernel) is present in China in all other environment (Android, Supercomputers, servers, IoT... etc) but Windows desktop (office&home) platform.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 7 points 2 months ago

English Steam users have the same 7.59% Linux as last month, although it's probably more users in the absolute

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracker/

[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

4090 = 0.76% + 5090 = 0.37% is approx. 1.7% of the entire Steam player base. Is that true? That is a lot for such expensive hardware. How is streaming from Nvidia GeForce Now calculated? My theory is, that a good chunk of them are streaming and don't actually own the cards. I wish GeForce Now would be listed too as a platform, at least for those who log into their Steam account in the streaming service.