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

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

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