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Munich is ditching Linux in favor of Windows 10, at a cost of €49.3 million:
The Linux love affair of the German City of Munich, which decided to favor Linux in 2003, is finally over. The city has officially cleared the plan to bring back Windows 10 on about 29,000 PCs.
In 2003, when the city decided to switch to a Linux-based desktop called LiMux and other open source software, it showed that free software could be used on a large scale. However, things didn't turn out the way they were planned.
Coming back to the recent development, the politicians who supported the switch said that Windows 10 will make it easier to source compatible application and drivers, according to TechRepublic.
[...] Linux enthusiasts should also note that the city's IT Chief has previously said that any concrete technical reason doesn't back the move; it's all politics.
Also at Engadget.
Previously: No, Munich Isn't About To Ditch Free Software and Move Back to Windows
Munich Reveals Preliminary Costs for a 'Return' to Windows
Linux Champion Munich Takes Decisive Step Towards Returning to Windows
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Wednesday November 29 2017, @09:14AM
Indeed, hardware "just works". I haven't had to compile a kernel or even run modprobe for over a decade. Software to use that hardware, yes you have to look in apt, but the days of device manager and yellow exclamation marks vanished around the same time as geocities.
I use Linux because my time isn't free. I have a work Mac, but someone else admins it, and to be fair I rarely find a problem other than the @ and " being the wrong way round.