Part of Germany is trading Windows for Linux — here's why

[Windows Central]

History repeats itself.

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• Schleswig-Holstein plans to swap out roughly 25,000 PCs from Windows to Linux.
• Microsoft Office will also be replaced by Libre Office.
• The goal is to move the public sector in the direction of free and open-source software.

When one thinks of business or government computing, Windows and Microsoft Office are typically the de-facto go-to. But that's not the case anymore for the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, which is planning on converting its public sector machines to the Linux and Libre side of the force by 2026.

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