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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Are there any studies done on how much linux can save governments money if they do a whole migration? (lemmy.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

According to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, around 4.9 million people were employed in the civil service in 2019. Of these, around 1.7 million were civil servants and judges, 170,000 were soldiers and three million were public employees.

Also don't forget the yearly cost of windows itself. (And keep in mind that even German tanks run on Windows.)

Edit:

According to https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/deutschland/it-open-source-bundesregierung-kleine-anfrage-100.html

The German government pays 6 billion per year to Microsoft and Oracle.

Thats 70€ per year, per citizen, or 1200€ per year per civil service worker.

Thats a lot of wasted money when you consider that in a tightly specced environment Linux runs fine just fine for free and the money would be spend on local support companies like SUSE instead of overseas.