--- title: China moves to Linux, WSL beats native installs, Potato... description: A weekly Linux and open source roundup covers China's government-wide shift from Windows 10 China Government Edition to a domestic Linux distribution (likely... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/china-moves-to-linux-wsl-beats-native-installs-potato-gaming-pcs-are-fixed---linux-weekly-news-ozxpgu5wa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: China moves to Linux, WSL beats native installs, Potato gaming PCs are fixed - Linux Weekly News | daily.dev og:description: A weekly Linux and open source roundup covers China's government-wide shift from Windows 10 China Government Edition to a domestic Linux distribution (likely... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/china-moves-to-linux-wsl-beats-native-installs-potato-gaming-pcs-are-fixed---linux-weekly-news-ozxpgu5wa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ozXpgU5wa.png og:image:alt: China moves to Linux, WSL beats native installs, Potato gaming PCs are fixed - Linux Weekly News og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # China moves to Linux, WSL beats native installs, Potato gaming PCs are fixed - Linux Weekly News **[The Linux Experiment](https://daily.dev/sources/linuxexp)** · 28 min read · 41 upvotes · 6 comments ## Summary A weekly Linux and open source roundup covers China's government-wide shift from Windows 10 China Government Edition to a domestic Linux distribution (likely Kylin OS or UnionTech OS) as digital sovereignty policy. Canonical reports WSL Ubuntu installs growing faster than native desktop installs, driven partly by AI/ML developers stuck on Windows at work. A Valve contractor's kernel VRAM management fixes aim to stop games crashing on low-VRAM GPUs, already live in SteamOS and potentially landing in Linux kernel 7.3. Google and Apple face renewed scrutiny over app store malicious compliance (third-party store visibility, payment commission fees). GNOME 51 beta, GIMP 3.4's new zipped-XML file format and improved PSD support, Canonical-funded C-to-Rust translation research, Orion browser beta for Linux, and new XWayland/X.org releases round out the news, alongside Pine64 halting Linux hardware production due to soaring RAM/storage prices linked to AI demand. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is China replacing Windows with Linux in government agencies? Yes, the Chinese government has ordered agencies to drop the custom Windows 10 China Government Edition, originally planned for retirement in early 2027, and move immediately to a domestically made Linux distribution for digital sovereignty reasons. The likely candidates are Kylin OS (with an open-source variant called Open Kylin) or Union Tech OS, both mature, company-backed Chinese distributions rather than Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint, or Arch. _Track how enterprise Linux migrations reshape tooling choices with daily.dev's developer news coverage._ ### How is the Linux kernel fixing VRAM overcommit crashes for gaming on GPUs with limited VRAM? A Valve contractor's kernel driver work, already shipped in SteamOS stable and preview builds, changes how the kernel locks and allocates GPU memory so games running over the available VRAM degrade in performance instead of crashing. This let the latest Indiana Jones game hit roughly 50 FPS on a Steam Machine using 9GB of VRAM on an 8GB system; the fix is being proposed for upstream Linux kernel 7.3, likely starting with AMD GPUs. _Follow kernel-level GPU memory fixes like this on daily.dev before your next gaming or graphics driver upgrade._ ### Is Ubuntu installed through WSL growing faster than native Ubuntu desktop installs? Yes, according to Canonical's VP of engineering, Ubuntu install numbers inside WSL are growing faster than native desktop installs, partly driven by developers doing AI and machine learning work who are stuck on Windows at their job but find Linux easier for that workflow. Canonical treats both install types the same commercially since Ubuntu Pro covers WSL installs too. _Weigh WSL versus native Linux installs for your dev environment using daily.dev's ongoing Linux ecosystem coverage._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@wiorz** · 3 upvotes > Very good, flock microslop **@andradei** · 2 upvotes > Sometimes I fear MS is killing Windows on purpose and somehow compromising Linux Foundation and other groups that steer Linux stuff. > > Cause they can't be this crazy to keep digging such a massive grave for themselves. **@kshitiz84** · 1 upvotes > the kingdom of linux is expanding **@ajaychoudhary80** · 1 upvotes > Linux continues to grow beyond servers—government, gaming, AI/ML, and desktop use are all pushing the ecosystem forward. **@froggobytes** · 1 upvotes > Im suprised they hadn't switched much earlier --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/china-moves-to-linux-wsl-beats-native-installs-potato-gaming-pcs-are-fixed---linux-weekly-news-ozxpgu5wa) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"China moves to Linux, WSL beats native installs, Potato gaming PCs are fixed - 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