Probably the sysadmin in Turkey just didn't think the distrowatch ranking system was fair, and they were tired of pretending like people actually use MXLinux
I am turkish and i can say due go how fucking Technologically illiterate our goverment is, Distro watch is probably got banned automatically because Free Software -> Piracy. Most tech related at goverment jobs have people over 50+ That does not know how nodern technology works. I am suprised that they know what free means
And here is the Google translation of the text on that page:
The IP address of the DistroWatch platform, which provides news, reviews, rankings and general information about Linux distributions, was blocked by the National Cyber ​​Incident Response Center (USOM) on the grounds of "IP hosting/spreading malware".
It is possible that it is related to how Turkey has been flagging Linux software as malware.
Do you have any more context on this? A quick search showed someone saying the same thing on Reddit, but I haven't seen any actual sources saying this.
31 Comments
Vilian@lemmy.ca · 122 pts · 2y
why turkey is flagging linux as malware????? lmao
delirious_owl@discuss.online · 103 pts · 2y
Probably the sysadmin in Turkey just didn't think the distrowatch ranking system was fair, and they were tired of pretending like people actually use MXLinux
iopq@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
LMAO
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
DW ranking 🤝 Eurovision jury votes
Vilian@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
LMAO
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
Fair.
Good guy Turkey?
Neps@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y
LMAO
choroalp@programming.dev · 95 pts · 2y
I am turkish and i can say due go how fucking Technologically illiterate our goverment is, Distro watch is probably got banned automatically because Free Software -> Piracy. Most tech related at goverment jobs have people over 50+ That does not know how nodern technology works. I am suprised that they know what free means
Engywuck@lemm.ee · 57 pts · 2y
I'm almost 50 and I surely know about modern tech and FOSS. Age is not the problem here. Ignorance is.
Bogasse@lemmy.ml · 41 pts · 2y
Yeah, people who built those modern technologies are mostly over 50, I suppose.
Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 2y
The government also supports Pardus, but different departments I’m sure. I always thought their independent projects looked pretty neat.
choroalp@programming.dev · 4 pts · 2y
Differsnt departments with no knowledge transfer
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 69 pts · 2y
yazılım can translate to programming or writings.
source : am turkish. this is bullshit. wikipedia was also banned for fucking ages
canpolat@programming.dev · 43 pts · 2y
Here is the link to the original website (an NGO that monitors blocked websites in Turkey): https://ifade.org.tr/engelliweb/distrowatch-erisime-engelledi/
And here is the Google translation of the text on that page:
DestroyMegacorps@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 2y
Arent most linux distros in DistroWatch open source thus mitigating the malware risk by a ton?
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz · 30 pts · 2y
Do you have any more context on this? A quick search showed someone saying the same thing on Reddit, but I haven't seen any actual sources saying this.
twena@lemm.ee · 31 pts · 2y
reev@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 2y
What's the logic here? That servers used to host files run Linux? Windows systems distribute malware too.
twena@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
Thorned_Rose@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
Microsoft probably has a whole team in Turkey to make sure no one accidentally blocks their crap.
addie@feddit.uk · 27 pts · 2y
That's because Arch is the best, so any additional comparisons are just wasting everyone's time ;-)
twena@lemm.ee · 25 pts · 2y
electricprism@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 2y
Lol wuttttt
istanbullu@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 2y
They'll probably roll it back soon. The bureucrats do crazy stuff from time to time.. Turkish Gov is very pro-Linux.
jak2k@discuss.tchncs.de · 12 pts · 2y
Has been like this for month
dotslashme@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 2y
At first I thought it may have been because of this CVE, but if it has been like that for a month, then it's something else.
lemmyreader@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2y
Why DistroWatch ? Are Linux news sites and Linux download sites also blocked ?
deathmetal27@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Can someone translate that text?
SteveTech@programming.dev · 23 pts · 2y
Here's the Google Lens translation:
delirious_owl@discuss.online · -77 pts · 2y
SharpieThunderflare@lemmy.ca · 40 pts · 2y
Yeah, shame on him for going out of his way to provide helpful information for people, as a direct response to someone who asked for it!
cygnus@lemmy.ca · 25 pts · 2y
Write some alt text for us if you're so butthurt about it.
stratoscaster@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Glad to see lemmy users are just as snide as reddit users jeez
onlinepersona@programming.dev · 7 pts · 2y
Spreading malware? It doesn't host any distros... what are they talking about?
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 2y
Not really shocking
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y