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'''LiMux''' was a project launched by the city of [[Munich]] in 2004 in order to replace the software on its desktop computers, migrating from [[Microsoft Windows]] to free software based on [[Linux]].{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} By 2012, the city had migrated 12,600 of its 15,500 desktops to LiMux. In November 2017 Munich City Council resolved to reverse the migration and return to [[Microsoft Windows]]-based software by 2020.[{{cite web|url=http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/321474/switching-linux-saves-munich-over-11-million|title=Switching to Linux saves Munich over €11 million|publisher=IT World|date=2012-11-26|accessdate=2014-05-09|quote=From 11,000 desktops at the time the cost study was prepared, the number of desktops running LiMux has now reached 12,600 and by the end of the year the city plans to have migrated 13,000 of the total of 15,500 desktops.}}][{{cite web|last1=Krempl|first1=Stefan|title=Endgültiges Aus für LiMux: Münchener Stadtrat setzt den Pinguin vor die Tür|url=https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Endgueltiges-Aus-fuer-LiMux-Muenchener-Stadtrat-setzt-den-Pinguin-vor-die-Tuer-3900439.html|website=Heise Online|publisher=Heise Medien|accessdate=13 March 2018|language=DE|date=23 November 2017}}][{{cite web|last1=Heath|first1=Nick|title=Linux pioneer Munich supports Windows 10 rollout from 2020 in key vote|url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-pioneer-munich-supports-windows-10-rollout-from-2020-in-key-vote/|website=TechRepublic|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=13 March 2018|date=8 November 2017}}] In May 2020, it was reported that the newly elected politicians in Munich, while not going back to the original plan of migrating to LiMux wholesale, will prefer Free Software for future endeavours. |
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'''LiMux''' was a project launched by the city of [[Munich]] in 2004 in order to replace the software on its desktop computers, migrating from [[Microsoft Windows]] to free software based on [[Linux]].{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} By 2012, the city had migrated 12,600 of its 15,500 desktops to LiMux. In November 2017 Munich City Council resolved to reverse the migration and return to [[Microsoft Windows]]-based software by 2020.[{{cite web|url=http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/321474/switching-linux-saves-munich-over-11-million|title=Switching to Linux saves Munich over €11 million|publisher=IT World|date=2012-11-26|accessdate=2014-05-09|quote=From 11,000 desktops at the time the cost study was prepared, the number of desktops running LiMux has now reached 12,600 and by the end of the year the city plans to have migrated 13,000 of the total of 15,500 desktops.}}][{{cite web|last1=Krempl|first1=Stefan|title=Endgültiges Aus für LiMux: Münchener Stadtrat setzt den Pinguin vor die Tür|url=https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Endgueltiges-Aus-fuer-LiMux-Muenchener-Stadtrat-setzt-den-Pinguin-vor-die-Tuer-3900439.html|website=Heise Online|publisher=Heise Medien|accessdate=13 March 2018|language=DE|date=23 November 2017}}][{{cite web|last1=Heath|first1=Nick|title=Linux pioneer Munich supports Windows 10 rollout from 2020 in key vote|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209033011/https://www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-pioneer-munich-supports-windows-10-rollout-from-2020-in-key-vote/|archive-date=2023-02-09|url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-pioneer-munich-supports-windows-10-rollout-from-2020-in-key-vote/|website=TechRepublic|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=13 March 2018|date=8 November 2017}}] In May 2020, it was reported that the newly elected politicians in Munich, while not going back to the original plan of migrating to LiMux wholesale, will prefer Free Software for future endeavours. |
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{{cite news |last=Schaer |first=Cathrin |date=2020-05-14 |title=Linux not Windows: Why Munich is shifting back from Microsoft to open source – again |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-not-windows-why-munich-is-shifting-back-from-microsoft-to-open-source-again/ |work=[[ZDNet]] |access-date=2020-05-24 }} |
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{{cite news |last=Schaer |first=Cathrin |date=2020-05-14 |title=Linux not Windows: Why Munich is shifting back from Microsoft to open source – again |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-not-windows-why-munich-is-shifting-back-from-microsoft-to-open-source-again/ |work=[[ZDNet]] |access-date=2020-05-24 }} |
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