Munich's switch to open-source software has been successfully completed, with the vast majority of the public administration's users now running its own version of Linux, city officials said Thursday.
"All project objectives were achieved and in some cases even exceeded," the council said. One of the goals was to migrate 12,000 desktops to LiMux, but in the end, the city managed to create over 14,800 LiMux workspaces for its approximately 15,500 desktops.
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This is great news for the Linux and Open source community, and Munich will also be saving hundreds to thousands to millions of dollars in Windows, and software licenses in the long run since Linux, and most software which work with Linux like Firefox, Google Chrome, LibreOffice, Thunderbird e-mail client, and Gimp cost nothing because they are free and open sourced.
"All project objectives were achieved and in some cases even exceeded," the council said. One of the goals was to migrate 12,000 desktops to LiMux, but in the end, the city managed to create over 14,800 LiMux workspaces for its approximately 15,500 desktops.
Read More
This is great news for the Linux and Open source community, and Munich will also be saving hundreds to thousands to millions of dollars in Windows, and software licenses in the long run since Linux, and most software which work with Linux like Firefox, Google Chrome, LibreOffice, Thunderbird e-mail client, and Gimp cost nothing because they are free and open sourced.