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LiMux
Sign in to saveLiMux 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. 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. 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.
Key facts
- OS.name
- LiMux
- OS.logo
- 200px
- OS.screenshot
- 240px
- OS.developer
- LiMux Project
- OS.family
- Linux
- OS.source_model
- Combination of open source and closed source
- OS.package_manager
- dpkg
- OS.working_state
- Current
- OS.latest_release_version
- 6.0
- OS.latest_release_date
- 2019
- OS.language
- German
- OS.kernel_type
- Monolithic (Linux)
- OS.ui
- KDE Plasma 5
- OS.license
- Various free software licenses, plus proprietary
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Linux distribution
- Country
- Germany
- Based on
- Debian
- Platform
- x86
- Official website
- www.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtverwaltung/Direktorium/LiMux.html
- Image
- LiMux2014.png
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- LiMux
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Objectives
- LiMux client software
- See also
- References
- External links
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. 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. 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.
The project initially used OpenOffice.org, but announced on 15 October 2012 that it would switch to LibreOffice. The city reported that due to the project, it had gained freedom in software decisions, increased security and saved €11.7 million (US$16 million).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “LiMux” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.