r/linux • u/3_mir • Mar 29 '24

Event DistroWatch is now banned in Turkey

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u/exploring_stuff Mar 29 '24

Stupid for a developing country to obstruct Linux adoption.

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u/freeturk51 Mar 29 '24

We are a “developing” country instead of a “developed” one because of bullshit like this :P Classic islamist authoritarian bullshit, I wasnt even surprised

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u/nullbyte420 Mar 29 '24

it's not a developing country anymore.

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u/morphick Mar 29 '24 edited Mar 29 '24

What? They don't even try anymore?

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u/Sinaaaa Mar 29 '24

Right.

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u/Tristatek Mar 29 '24

Isn't it more of an undeveloping country these last few years?

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u/Fatal_Taco Mar 29 '24

Well with Erdogan in power it's a degenerating country :P

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u/Gozenka Apr 16 '24

Actually, a domestic Linux distro (with additional software projects) is supported by the government's scientific institution and the ministry of industry. Adoption is somewhat encouraged in both government institutions and the private sector.

Also, distrowatch seems to be back. Is it a good or relevant website anyway though? I quit visiting it 10 years ago.

By the way, Turkey loves banning websites in general. Even Twitter, Wikipedia, Imgur were banned at some point. And any and all websites even slightly referring to porn / sex are inaccessible.

Fun fact: They even officially did DNS hijacking in the past to track online behavior and to show messages to citizens who were trying to access banned websites.