I've just switched from Windows 10 to Windows 10 IoT LTSC (long term support channel), designed for IoT means there's no AI garbage, game bar and any other crap installed, and I get updates until 2032.
Quite happy with it, after a disastrous experience with Windows 11 that essentially killed my system.
And no, I can't switch to Linux due to company requirements. I work in finance and some of the banks we use operate by hardware tokens that only have Windows drivers.
That problem didn't start by voting Trump, he should have been on track to retirement before his first term. You can blame the orange overlord for many things, but not for shit planning.
The requirement exists unless the company is under legal obligation to retain something. I had one case where I requested a GDPR data dump followed by a full deletion, and apparently whoever executed the request deleted first and then processed the dump, so I was able to see that what they did was change my email address from username@mail.tld to username#mail.tld@company.tld - meaning that login attempts, password resets etc. would clearly fail, and a further attempt to request my data revolving around my email address would be unsuccessful, but ultimately all my data was still accessible somewhere. Whether they'd then proceed to delete it after the retention period, who knows. I intended to follow up but forgot...
There's a browser addon called Meta Random Search which sends your queries randomly through google, bing, ddg, yahoo and other search engines so that nobody has a full history. Paired with a user agent switcher (personally using Chameleon on Firefox) with a high frequency of change (1 min or so) and disabled browser telemetry it might throw them off already even without poisoning results. Especially since every query consumes natural resources I'm not really a fan of this approach.
I thought it's the original batmobile from the 90s.
Thief: The Dark Project
I still keep playing it with all the gfx patches, it's a masterpiece. 2 and 3 are not bad either, but the original is unmatched. Love the user generated mods as well.
Nah their website got hijacked and instead of an ISO they spread malware. The system itself was never at risk, if you ran it.
I upgraded to Windows 11 last week after my laptop initially came with it 2 years ago, but was so bloated and slow I installed Windows 10 from USB.
With the EoL I reluctantly upgraded due to company policy, and it was running surprisingly smooth. Really thought they'd fixed it. Only that two days later when I booted the system, I had a blue screen - the first one I have seen since Windows XP.
Page fault in non-page area 0x50 - google suggests reboots, or if they don't bring any progress, boot into safe mode and update all drivers. Only that I couldn't boot into safe mode, the BSOD locked me out.
Second suggestion was faulty RAM. Did a memtest from boot stick, no fault.
Third suggestion was to run checkdisk and scm or whatever it was called (some system file integrity check). All good.
Fourth suggestion was to boot into recovery mode, roll back into the system image the Windows 11 installer created, and redo the upgrade. Only to find out that the system restore point had not been created, despite the info box during the installation that this was happening.
Last suggestion was to reinstall Windows 11 from the repair mode, and select the "keep files" option. The offline installer crashed at 25% repeatedly, the online installer moved to 92% and stopped there. Repeatedly, again (tried 3x, and it takes about 1h to get there).
After all that frustration I had enough of that shit and installed Windows 10 IoT LTSC with updates until 2032. When the time comes I'll either have a new job where I can use Xubuntu, or Microsoft installed on a chip in my brain. Let's see.
As an American you'll never get asylum anywhere, full stop. Your country sure has issues, but no other place will grant you refuge because that'll look bad on them.
In your position I'd get an online TEFL certificate (teaching English as a foreign language), which is dead simple and quick to do (there are courses for as low as $60 if you shop around on voucher platforms), and then get a job in Thailand or Vietnam, they are always hiring and pay decent money.
You can even go there first on a tourist visa for 90 days with your son (if he's able to leave Japan?) and finish everything in country.
I really doubt the device really needs 2A, that sounds more like the definition of a generic phone charger than functional requirement. But yeah POE or simply a regular extension cord where you plug in a short cable at the end would be a safe bet.
I have a 15m long USB-C cable that's just about sufficient to power a surveillance camera, but due to the length it only delivers 0.1-0.15A. Depending on the needs that might just be enough though.
Edit: Measured with Ampere (Android app), I simply plugged my phone in to test.
Zero is the norm in Germany, and I appreciate it that way. Other than providing housing until I moved out at 19 shortly after finishing high school, I got no monetary support from family.
Plenty of good advice, assistance with where and how to apply for grants, actual help on how to conduct research during uni, helping carry stuff when I moved houses, helping to draft my first cv and cover letters, and moral support and whatnot, sure.
But money? Other than maybe sending me 200 Euro for my birthday or ordering pizza when I visited, nothing, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Nothing prepares people more for adulthood than being responsible, and at the same time not feeling you have to pay back.