I’ve been trying several Chinese fonts and input softwares in Whonix recently.
I agree with @sat0324 that we can add droid fonts in the next version Whonix since it provides a large number of good-looking Chinese characters while take up very little system resources.
For the input method engine and input method, I recommend fcitx-rime.Rime is a famous free(as in freedom) Chinese input software. It provides a large variety of input methods, from Pinyin to Wubi.
Here’s the instruction on how to install and setup them(tested on latest Qubes-Whonix workstation only):
Install fonts-droid/安装droid字体:
sudo apt-get install fonts-droid
Install fcitx-rime/安装fcitx-rime输入法:
sudo apt-get install fcitx-rime
Restart the vm and fcitx should have already been started automatically./重启vm,fcitx已经自动启动。
Right click on the fcitx icon on the dom0, choose “Configure”, click on the “+” button, uncheck “Only Show Current Language”,choose “Rime”,click on “OK”/右键单击fcitx图标,选择Configure,按加号,取消“Only Show Current Language”,选择“Rime”,点击“OK”
Use ctrl-space to switch to Rime/使用ctrol-space切换为Rime
Use ctrl-` to switch to your favourite input method/使用ctrl- 切换输入方案
Rime doesn’t include a lot of input methods by default. In order to meet the need for most Chinese user, Whonix should include Wubi and Wuyu. And the instruction is as followed:
Install and setup Wubi:
sudo apt-get install librime-data-wubi
sudo apt-get install librime-data-wugniu
sudo cp /usr/share/rime-data/wubi86.schema.yaml ~/.config/fcitx/rime/
sudo cp /usr/share/rime-data/wugniu.schema.yaml ~/.config/fcitx/rime/
sudo ln -s /usr/share/rime-data/wubi86.dict.yaml ~/.config/fcitx/rime/
sudo ln -s /usr/share/rime-data/wugniu.dict.yaml ~/.config/fcitx/rime/
sudo nano ~/.config/fcitx/rime/default.yaml
Add these lines under schema_list:
- schema: wubi86
- schema: wugniu
Restart fcitx, Wubi and Wuyu should be ready to use now.
More input methods can be added by user and the instructions are here(Actually, I don’t know if it will change the ‘sowftware fingerprint’ in Whonix)/其他输入方式安装: