Maningi abengamaqembu ezepolitiki, avela emazweni amaningi, abelokhu ebuza ukuthi kungani abaphathi bomphakathi abayisebenzisi iLinux esikhundleni sokukhokhela amalayisense eWindows neHhovisi abizayo. ESpain, ezinye izifundazwe bezilokhu zisebenzisa iLinux iminyaka eminingana njalo, njengamanye amadolobha aseYurophu, kepha kubonakala sengathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi lokho ekuqaleni okwakubonakala kukuhle kakhulu kuphenduke uchungechunge lwezinkinga lapho umkhiqizo wehle kakhulu. IMunich yidolobha lokugcina elisebenzisa iLinux ukuphatha lonke ulwazi lokuphathwa kwalo kusukela ngo-2006, kepha lokho kuthathe isinqumo sokuthi sekuyisikhathi sokubuyela kuWindows.
Noma okungenani yilokho amaqembu amabili manje abusa ngokubambisana edolobheni. Ngokusho kokhulumela umkhandlu wedolobha, ngemuva kweminyaka engaphezu kwengu-10 yokufudukela eLiMux (eyabo i-distro) abanelisekile ngokusebenza futhi basemuva kakhulu emazingeni asunguliwe. Ibuye ithi selokhu yasetshenziswa kanye ne-OpenOffice njengehhovisi, ukusebenza kahle nokukhiqiza kwezindawo zokusebenza kuye kwehla kakhulu, kwaba nezinkinga zokubuka nokuhlela amadokhumenti kwamanye amafomethi, ukuphrinta amadokhumende ... ingasaphathwa insizakalo yezobuchwepheshe ukuthi kwakudingeka bakwenzele ngqo ukunakekelwa.
Umqondo wokuqala wokusebenzisa iLinux ekuphathweni kweMunich wavela ngo-2003, ukuzama ukwehlisa izindleko ngokufaka amalayisense eMicrosoft esikhundleni sesoftware yamahhala, isiphakamiso esathola ukukhanya okuluhlaza ngokushesha. Eminyakeni edlule, amakhompyutha angaphezu kwe-15.000 avela ekuphathweni kweMunich afudukele kulesi sixazululo, kepha kubonakala sengathi ukuhlolwa akuhambanga ngendlela ababefuna ngayo. Izindleko ezilindelekile zokuthuthela kabusha amakhompyutha ziye kwiWindows azange zimenyezelweFuthi nezindleko zesondlo, ezizophinde zithwalwe yiMicrosoft. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, uhulumeni waseBrazil naye waqala ukubheka ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukubuyela kuWindows, ngemuva kokuthola i-Linux distro ethize kuyo yonke iminyango.