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You are wrong ! A simple search shows that it was illegal until very recently.

Relays (MTAs) bounce/reject mail. Mail clients (MUAs), do not. You can't do this.

If you want to, you must run your own mail server. Then it is trivial. I personally use MimeDefang for such things, but you can also do it directly from sendmail's configuration without resorting to miltering.

If you don't have a clue about what I am talking about, then you need to just hire somebody to do what you want, because these are very basic mail concepts.

http://en.kioskea.net/contents/courrier-electronique/fonctionnement-mta-mua.php3

As you have noted, it does take a commitment to learn any system. For personal projects where you answer to no one else, you should use whatever you think will be useful to know in the future. The factors involved are: what will be used for future projects at work, how important is cross platform programming, and what looks good on a resume.

For cross platform work, Qt is the way to go. Or Java I suppose, but I have found myself moving away from that language. Not for any ideological reason, I've just had a few frustrations with it over time. But you can't argue that it can be handy for the resume.

Alternatively, if you are interested in web programming, then it is amazing what you can do using HTML (especially HTML5 with its new canvas tag). If you are after a full screen application, then you can try the kiosk modes in Internet Explorer or Firefox. IE doesn't support HTML5 yet, so you would either need to limit yourself down to HTML4 can provide (which still isn't bad) or use Firefox.

If you want to learn a language that has a compiler installed by default on the majority of computers in the world, then C# is the way to go. While Visual Studio makes it easy to generate the user interface elements, it is also handy to know how to use the language in straight vanilla code so you can use the command line compiler that comes with the .NET runtime. I have knocked out a few quick hacks on other people's systems just with Notepad and C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\csc.exe.

France has strict laws regarding encryption. So good luck with that.

iTunes is generally a pain to work with. You can, however, disable automatic updating.

I would recommend using some alternative software, such as CopyTrans Manager or similar. You still need iTunes installed because of iPod/iPhone drivers, but there are ways of extracting drivers from iTunes installer, without actually installing iTunes itself (a short tutorial can be found here)

btw, CTM works only with Windows :/

Not really here nor there, just something to mention.

I'm not aware of any, although there are judicial rulings in various countries that have taken a similar view, for example this. See also the UK Competition Act, specifically disallowing certain vertical restraints.

hmm just stumbled across this
NEC EA241WM

Everywhere. Here's an example: http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-2154-apt-get-or-aptitude

Googling for "aptitude vs. apt-get" yields many results, too.

Erm - how is this not also a problem on Windows? A 2-minute Google search

Hard disk not recognized:
- http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-73640-windows-setup-cannot-detect-my-hard-disk

Flickering screen:
- http://forums.cnet.com/5208-12546_102-0.html?threadID=240410

Blank screen
- http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/windows-vista-hangs-at-a-black-screen-when-booting-up/

So in short: nothing to see here, move along.

(Macs may or may not be a special case,because their hardware is relatively limited)

There is a ban on strong encryption. I think the limit of key is 40 bits. In case you want to use something stronger (Internet banking and the like) you can but the key must be given to a trusted third party and revealed to the government if they so ask. Linky.

This has changed some time ago.
Personal usage of crypo is currently apparently free for keys of any size. However export may be subject to declaration or possibly in some cases prior authorisation. GPG and PGP may be used freely.
See http://www.ssi.gouv.fr/archive/fr/reglementation/regl_crypto.html for a summary (in French, also requires poking at a few other files to make sense of it, typical government site...).

I don't know what the stance is on key disclosure vis à vis the authorities.

Is there a ban on encryption in France?

There is a ban on strong encryption. I think the limit of key is 40 bits. In case you want to use something stronger (Internet banking and the like) you can but the key must be given to a trusted third party and revealed to the government if they so ask. Linky.