End of an open source era: Linux pioneer Munich confirms switch to Windows 10

Now Munich will begin rolling out a Windows 10 client from 2020, at a cost of about €50m, with a view to Windows replacing LiMux across the council by early 2023.

Nevertheless, despite Munich running both systems side-by-side for more than a decade, today the council says this dual-system setup is unsustainable, hence the need to return to Windows.

While staff have reported intermittent problems with IT at the council, past surveys have found only a minority of staff wanted to return to Windows and Microsoft Office.