It's just Germany, the rest of Europe (EU and non-EU) doesn't actively care about them unless it's cp.

Samsung galaxy A15 5G, Cheap phone (~180$), micro-sd, headphone jack, good software support (4 OS updates, 5 years security updates), good battery, 1080p amoled 90Hz 800 nits.

eMule/aMule/Mldonkey works like old limewire, it is from the same age, but still kicking

For p2p it is better to use i2p, not tor

No need of a VPN or pay anything to protect yourself.

Debian 12 with your favorite DE, I use XFCE

On i2p everyone is a node but not everyone is an outproxy to the clearnet, you have to enable it manually.

This is the MINIMUM: OS: Ubuntu 20.04 Processor: 4 hardware CPU threads - Intel® Core™ i5 750 or higher Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD GCN+ or NVIDIA Kepler+ with up-to-date Vulkan drivers. Support for VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library highly recommended. Storage: 85 GB available space Sound Card: Highly recommended

You should try with your CPU and GPU

Using i2p for torrenting

You could install a tor relay or i2p

Not for China. For example nytimes.

I think your program is calibre