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minus-squaremim@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 year agoWait… Linux desktop is beating Apple in Turkey? Do students use Linux in schools, or is there an economic reason (i.e. Apple products are too expensive to buy with the current inflation)?
minus-squarechinstrap@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoApple products are too expensive (iphone is 8 months of minimum wage), universities are pushing Linux, some government facilities are using it(Turkey has its own distro for government see Pardus etc
minus-squaremim@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoGood to hear that the government is using it. Taxpayer-funded activities should run on FOSS when possible, in my opinion.
minus-squareSquare Singer@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoYeah, what happened in India to the Windows/Unknown section in April and May 2023?
minus-squareSALT@lemmy.my.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoHW price is sucks in many place arround the world rn… I always think, 2nd hand thinkpad will only be my option…
minus-squareFlaky_Fish69@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoAlso, you gotta be careful with macproducts some places. Especially if they have export controls (Doubt turkey does, being nato,).
minus-squarenivenkos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThey might have import tariffs though - like Brazil and Argentina. Even just paying the extra VAT on imports is painful in Sweden (25%).
minus-squareFlaky_Fish69@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agowell, if it’s your personal mac and you’ll be taking it with you, it’s difficult to see import taxes being a necessary thing. It’s more the… if a group of people can’t get “good” hardware because of export controls … legally… some might take a shine to yours.
minus-squaremuhyb@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoTo be fair, Linux percentage jumped after many programmers fled to Turkey from Russia.
Wait… Linux desktop is beating Apple in Turkey?
Do students use Linux in schools, or is there an economic reason (i.e. Apple products are too expensive to buy with the current inflation)?
Apple products are too expensive (iphone is 8 months of minimum wage), universities are pushing Linux, some government facilities are using it(Turkey has its own distro for government see Pardus etc
Good to hear that the government is using it.
Taxpayer-funded activities should run on FOSS when possible, in my opinion.
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Yeah, what happened in India to the Windows/Unknown section in April and May 2023?
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HW price is sucks in many place arround the world rn… I always think, 2nd hand thinkpad will only be my option…
Also, you gotta be careful with macproducts some places.
Especially if they have export controls (Doubt turkey does, being nato,).
They might have import tariffs though - like Brazil and Argentina.
Even just paying the extra VAT on imports is painful in Sweden (25%).
well, if it’s your personal mac and you’ll be taking it with you, it’s difficult to see import taxes being a necessary thing.
It’s more the… if a group of people can’t get “good” hardware because of export controls … legally… some might take a shine to yours.
To be fair, Linux percentage jumped after many programmers fled to Turkey from Russia.