This price point makes me wonder what the purpose is: do they really have such a large user base that their 1 EUR/year subscription will add significant funds to develop the app further? I doubt. In which case the only effect will be to lose users who refuse to pay. Disclaimer: I use their app for navigation and I quite like it

I’ve got mine on https://www.gentlemanstore.hu/kiegeszitok-1/ It wasn’t more expensive than buying direct

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

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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.