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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: 1) by toddestan on Saturday December 02 2017, @05:57PM (1 child)
Actually, Windows driver support out of the box isn't bad. The problem with Windows is that many times, you're installing as 5+ year old OS on new hardware. A fresh install of Windows 7 on a new PC isn't going to recognize a lot of your hardware because it is 8 years old. Go install that on an older Core 2 or Pentium 4 and you'll find it'll likely recognize everything. With Linux, most of the time people are installing the latest and greatest, and even if they are not, it's pretty rare to install anything older than 2-3 years.
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Saturday December 02 2017, @09:14PM
USB serial port support was terrible. Not sure about 10 but even on 7 any USB serial device you plugged in needed a driver even if they all had the same FTDI chip. Linux didn't are if it was an arduino, USB serial or whatever, it saw an stty device and loaded a driver. Even OpenBSD fairs better.
Even video drivers were better as at least Linux would have something to fall back on where Windows for a long time would stick you with 640x480 @ 16 colors or maybe 800x600/1024x768 if you were lucky.