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Following Munich, Germany's decision to switch to Linux desktops, the French capital of Paris is studying a similar move.

Systems integrator Unilog is set to carry out a feasibility study on the installation of open-source software systems for the city of Paris, the company has said. On the strength of an earlier Unilog study, Munich agreed to migrate thousands of desktops from Windows to the open-source operating system Linux.

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