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The city will investigate how long it will take and how much it will cost to build a Windows 10 client ahead of a vote on whether to replace its Linux-based OS from 2021.
A decade ago, Munich was at the vanguard of a movement towards open-source software, switching thousands of staff to Linux from Windows at a time when a move on that scale was almost unheard of.
After spending nine years and millions of euros on the project, today the city's politicians agreed to begin preparing to return to Windows by 2021.
Under a proposal backed by the general council, the administration will investigate how long it will take and how much it will cost to build a Windows 10 client for use by the city's employees.
Once this work is complete, the council will vote again on whether to replace LiMux, a custom version of the Linux-based OS Ubuntu, across the authority from 2021.
Source: Linux champion Munich takes decisive step towards returning to Windows
Before the decision: Statement by The Document Foundation about the upcoming discussion
Linux's Munich crisis: Crunch vote locks city on course for Windows return
Previous: No, Munich Isn't About To Ditch Free Software and Move Back to Windows
(Score: 1) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Sunday February 19 2017, @03:23AM
You may like BSD.
It is considered a bug if a change does not include documentation.
(Score: 1) by zugedneb on Sunday February 19 2017, @03:40AM
I got stuck with linux for "romantic" reasons =)
Was used to ntfs and ext2(3), but when I learned that xfs comes from SGI, i wanted a piece of the cookie, and reinstalled on it.
It was some Vectorlinux version in 2004ish...
For me, at least, the harddrive sounded differently: the clicks were softer, end the louder clicks no so frequent - i concluded that the filesystem layout and head movement is better optimized.
The system felt faster and also, it had defragmentation. Never had problems with it.
There seemd to be, if memory serves, some ambition "very" long ago to make xfs bootable on bsd, but it never happened... Now even the read support is gone in freebsd.
Anyways, will look into it in the future...
old saying: "a troll is a window into the soul of humanity" + also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax
(Score: 1) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Sunday February 19 2017, @04:18AM
I am trying XFS on my new cryptocurrency node. (Linux based -- thanks to a recommendation in the recent poll)
Moving my day-to-day computer and backup server (offline! -- sneakernet) to FreeBSD. That way I can try ZFS (and a somewhat planned system -- and avoid systemd).