Bye Bye, Linux: German State Planning Switch Back to Windows

While switching to Linux appears to be quite an easy thing to do for many organizations and authorities, what seems to be a lot more difficult is to actually remain committed to the open-source world once the transition is completed.

After Munich itself started the migration back to Windows earlier this year, now German state Lower Saxony is planning to do the same thing for no less than 13,000 PCs.

Lower Saxony decided to give up on Windows and embrace Linux with a broad adoption of OpenSuse on all systems operated by its tax office. With technically no licensing costs, the German state invested in training and adjacent services to make the transition smoother, betting on Linux as a long-term solution.

But as it turns out, German authorities have finally figured out that although OpenSuse is installed on workstations, most field workers and teleworkers use Windows. Obviously, this has created a more or less significant compatibility problem, despite efforts to ad...