alt Hacker NewsMost computers in Turkey come with FreeDOS preinstalled because there's a law that states all computers must be sold with an operating system. FreeDOS turns out to be the cheapest and easiest.
That's why you don't let people who have never touched a computer write tech laws. You get results like this.
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unleaded • today at 5:55 PM
Those types of laws aren't all that bad.. they got us this: https://segaretro.org/Dottori_Kun
rwmj • today at 8:36 PM
I wish that was the case where I live. I'm looking for a new laptop and the mainstream ones still come with the Windows Tax.
wk_end • today at 5:40 PM
Is there a reason they don't go with Ubuntu or something like that instead?
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The really weird case is where the computer isn't actually compatible with DOS, so they put in a locked-down Linux distro that emulates FreeDOS.