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The problem is that most of the software that Chinese people use from day to day are typically only available on Windows.
by cynix 9y ago
The problem is that most of the software that Chinese people use from day to day are typically only available on Windows.
- duncan_bayne 9y agoSo? That sounds like a bad decision on their part.
- rspeer 9y agoThe decision to try to use FreeBSD or Linux would probably leave them unable to type in their own language. I have tried what passes for an IME for Linux desktop applications (formerly SCIM, now IBus). It doesn't work with some applications. It crashes some applications sporadically. And one technology was replaced by another that doesn't work the same way without a smooth upgrade path. If you are a power user who has been using *nix for years and reading lots of documentation in English, you can come up with the right configuration and workarounds for occasional typing in CJK. That's no way to actually use a computer to do things if your primary language is Chinese.
- spacehunt 9y agoThe IME situation in modern X frankly sucks. Back in the day I regularly contributed to the relevant projects, but our efforts were continually thwarted by people who had no idea about CJK requirements and worse, won't listen to us ("why do you need to pass keystrokes to a separate process?", "users don't need a choice of IMEs per language", etc). It got so tiring that eventually most of the regular contributors moved on. And now I have no idea what's going to happen with Wayland.