If you want to look at why people are poor, I would look towards corruption rather than merely inequality. Or maybe people in a country are poor on paper but can afford a hundred dollars of luxuries a week.
Using gini reminds me of GIGO. You used a poor metric for information, your decisions are going to be poor.
I'm not sure how Ubuntu desktop became the standard for Linux desktop.
I love Ubuntu server, but some quick issues with Ubuntu desktop- Netflix needs a hard to install plugin, mouse acceleration cannot be disabled completely, unstable operating system installs that could break with a reboot or update.
Like I said, love ubuntu server, but I can't understand why Ubuntu desktop is recommended.
Otherwise anything an Apple product can do, a competitor does cheaper and better.