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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.
It's probably the price of the hardware, just look at India https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/india
Yeah, what happened in India to the Windows/Unknown section in April and May 2023?
Seem like a data error, you can find the same pattern in other regions.
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,).
To be fair, Linux percentage jumped after many programmers fled to Turkey from Russia.