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<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> I don't understand why chinese Steam users use Windows so much.<br /> <br />I think if I were the Chinese government or a chinese person, using and supporting Linux would be much better than using some closed, obscure operating system from a private US company.</p><p>I don't understand why they have such overwhelming adoption of Windows, specially in that country specifically.</p>
<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> NOBODY MOVE!</p>
<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> (ri) dicule</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@uint8_t" class="u-url mention">@<span>uint8_t</span></a></span> In March 2024, the was a ruling by the European Court of Justice, which basically said that all standards that are mandatory for products must be free of charge.</p><p>I just looked up what's the current state of this:</p><p>There is now an official web site where you can request free access to european standards, and access those that were sucessfully requested by others: <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-request/home" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ec.europa.eu/transparency/docu</span><span class="invisible">ments-request/home</span></a></p><p>It explicitly says that everyone may use it, not just people in the EU.</p><p>(See caveats in replies!)</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> Maybe less of an autistic thing than a nobody--is-good-at-inferring-tone-from-short-text thing?. NT folks probably more likely to use emojis to convey tone, but I still see a fair bit of old internet markup</p>
<p>Windows to Linux compatibility layer Wine 10.0 planned for mid-January 2025 <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/windows-to-linux-compatibility-layer-wine-10-0-planned-for-mid-january-2025/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/wind</span><span class="invisible">ows-to-linux-compatibility-layer-wine-10-0-planned-for-mid-january-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gaming</span></a></p>
<p>Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/linux-hits-exactly-2-user-share-on-the-october-2024-steam-survey/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/linu</span><span class="invisible">x-hits-exactly-2-user-share-on-the-october-2024-steam-survey/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Steam</span></a></p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> it was either that or joining a David Bowie covers band.</p>
<p>OH: "💭 how's your oligocule going"</p>
