Well I know for medium and large companies it may not be easy, depending on what cloud services they currently use. But for micro and small companies, that use cloud storage, and maybe some virtual machines in the cloud, there is no excuse. A Linux VM is a Linux VM no matter whether it is hosted on Aws or OVH cloud

Companies have the option to migrate to EU providers to avoid the taxes on their infrastructure. Yes I know it’s not that easy. Bite the bullet or pay the tax.

Can I run a bash script before I configure Ubuntu when I start it first time? I couldn’t find, but maybe I missed it. If I configure it, then run my script and then clone, the clone will inherit the user, language etc settings which I don’t want

The aim of the initiative would be to express to the EU commission the citizens desire to become less dependent on the big tech companies. I appreciate the complexity you mention, but it would be the commission to work out what is achievable or not. My view is that everything is, it’s just the question of timeframe. There are areas, e.g. my school example, that would be easier to transform, other areas as you say more difficult. But we need to drive this and keep on the pressure, otherwise nothing will change. It’s already great to see that we are talking about it

Yes, but extend it to school education as well. Governments are spending millions if not billions to purchase laptops with Windows for schools. Why can’t we teach our kids the basic digital skills on Linux? If their first experience is with Linux, they will stick to that.

Sorry I thought it was the same. I think I came across this before and it seemed a bit too complex for my level but I will give it another go

Thanks - I will give this a go if I can’t find a solution for customizing without firing up the os

Yes, this is what I use to flash the image to the SD card. The issue is that I want to change the official image before flashing and that is where I’m stuck

Yeah that is good news, but as you say, it should be the standard. I’m wondering if they make any donations for Ubuntu. I know they don’t have to

MagicEarth

The difference is that I realized that even before this hype I tended to purchase European. The only thing that I had to change is to drop Google, and now I’m in the process of dropping Windows as well. Apart from that, my household is full of things made in the EU.

We will sort this out next year. The opposition is leading the polls. Finally we have a good chance to end this nightmare.And banning the pride is just the tip of the iceberg