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So because of management's lack of imagination (or caring) a solution was chosen unilaterally for the convenience of the party in power and for the inconvenience if the masses to protect them sheeps from themselves.

Is there a write up that explains what the technologies are that you mentioned in your post? LOAS, L1 GFE, L2 GFE, ... never heard of those

Access permissions are part of the inode, IIRC, and not part of the directory entry (basically the same as in Win32?).

I have pretty wealthy relatives that live in the US, some of them having citizenship.

My perception is (and reality coukd very well be completely different), that they have a lot of personal freedom enabled by the money they have. A type of freedom that would not be possible in Europe even with that kind of money.

Not all websites are operated by US companies. Would that still work for, say UBS (a big bank) in Switzerland?

I assume "office online" means Office 365? If yes, how can I use it for free? Last time I checked there was only a free trial [1].

Microsoft does take my money--just because the cost for the OS is hidden in the hardware doesn't mean some fraction of that money isn't going to Microsoft, i.e. in the end I have to pay to use Windows. Windows 10 was not free either as advertised, since it required an older version to upgrade from.

Compared to Google's and Apple's offerings, Microsoft's do kinda look shitty.

[1] https://products.office.com/en-us/compare-all-microsoft-offi...

TIL the EU has a bible belt. Can you expand on where that is?