- Holiday Giving Guide | Free Software Foundation | Working together for free software
+ Ethical Tech Giving Guide | Free Software Foundation | Working together for free software
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than they give. The good news is that there are ethical companies making better devices that your loved ones can enjoy with freedom and privacy. This is the Free Software Foundation (FSF) guide to smarter gifts, compared with their restrictive
counterparts.
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Durable hardware is meant to last and easy to repair.
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Created by a small business that replaces all restrictive components from a stock laptop.
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SAVE! 10% off any purchase. Expires Jan 31, 2016. Details.
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Created by a small business that replaces all restrictive components from a stock laptop.
SAVE! €100 (approx. $106) off each item, and Minifree will donate to the FSF with each purchase. Expires Jan 31, 2016. Details.
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Lenovo U31 with Windows
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Apple Macbook Pro with OSX
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Runs on proprietary software that profits from treating the user as a product -- each account is assigned an advertising ID to help Microsoft sell user data.
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Includes Management Engine, a hardware-based backdoor that gives Intel a permanent backdoor into your computer.
- Runs the Replicant free operating system, based on Android. Though some low-level firmware is nonfree, this is the cutting edge of smartphone user freedom.
+ The device runs the Replicant free operating system, based on Android. Caveat: its modem hardware separately runs a nonfree system.
Features F-Droid, the free software catalogue that makes it easy to get all the applications you need without sacrificing control of your phone.
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3D Printers
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Compact Laptops
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Lulzbot Mini
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Libiquity Taurinus X200 with GNU/Linux
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Ease of use features like self-leveling and self-cleaning.
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Hardware designs available to make modification and improvement easy. Standardized material format allows 3D printing with plastics, wood-, stone-, bamboo-, rubber-, and metal-like materials.
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Respects Your Freedom-certified by the FSF to run with all free software, making 3D printing more accessible and encouraging innovation.
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BONUS! Receive a gratis reel of filament when you buy from this guide. Expires Dec 30, 2015. Details.
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As free as can be: runs the FSF-endorsed Trisquel operating system and libreboot firmware on hardware that is certified to Respect Your Freedom.
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Durable hardware is meant to last and easy to repair.
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Created by a small business that replaces all restrictive components from a stock laptop.
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SAVE! 10% off your subtotal price, and Libiquity will donate to the FSF with each purchase. Expires Jan 31, 2016. Details.
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Makerbot Replicator Mini
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Lenovo U31 with Windows
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- MakerWare software is proprietary, restricting freedom and stifling innovation.
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- MakerBot was founded with a more freedom-respecting appraoch, but has since locked down its code and distanced itself from the community that formed around it.
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Durable hardware is meant to last and easy to repair.
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Created by a small business that replaces all restrictive components from a stock laptop.
SAVE! €100 (approx. $106) off each item, and Minifree will donate to the FSF with each purchase. Expires Jan 31, 2016. Details.
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Respects Your Freedom-certified by the FSF to run with all free software, making 3D printing more accessible and encouraging innovation.
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Ease of use features like self-leveling and self-cleaning.
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Hardware designs available to make modification and improvement easy. Standardized material format allows 3D printing with plastics, wood-, stone-, bamboo-, rubber-, and metal-like materials.
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BONUS! Receive a gratis reel of filament when you buy from this guide. Expires Jan 31st, 2015. Details.
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Apple Macbook Pro with OSX
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Makerbot Replicator Mini
- Runs on proprietary software that restricts the user's freedoms.
+ MakerWare software is proprietary, restricting freedom and stifling innovation.
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- Apple's App Store uses DRM to restrict what you can do with your purchases.
+ MakerBot was founded with a more freedom-respecting philosophy, but has since announced an increasingly proprietary approach and distanced itself from the community that formed around it.
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Easily separate privacy-sensitive network traffic from Internet traffic to improve security.
As free as can be: runs the FSF-endorsed LibreCMC operating system on hardware that is certified to Respect Your Freedom.
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SAVE! 5% off any purchase. Expires Jan 29, 2016. Details.
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SAVE! 5% off any purchase. Expires Jan 29, 2016. Details.FSF members receive 7% off with this code and 5% year-round.
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Amazon can remotely block or delete individual ebooks or your entire library with no warning or explanation (they've done
it before).
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Amazon uses DRM
to prevent you from sharing your favorite books with friends or moving them between readers.
If you insist on
+purchasing from Amazon, at least designate a charity like the Free
+Software Foundation at smile.amazon.com to receive some of the money.
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FSF Membership Card
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Join over 3,000 active members working to make a better world built on free software.
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Join over 3,500 active members working to make a better world built on free software.
Minifree: Receive €100 off each and every T400 or X200 laptop or D16 server board you buy. Enter the discount code FSFGIVINGGUIDE at checkout. Minifree donates €20 (approx. $21) to the FSF for each purchase made with the code.
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Minifree: Receive €100 off each and every computer you buy. Enter the discount code FSFGIVINGGUIDE at checkout. Minifree donates €20 (approx. $21) to the FSF for each purchase made with the code.
Lulzbot:
- Purchase a LulzBot Mini desktop 3D printer through this guide and receive a gratis 1kg reel of standard filament. Email sales@lulzbot.com after purchase and mention the FSF 2015 Giving Guide to receive this promotion. Specify if you'd like HIPS, PLA, or ABS filament. Promotion subject to inventory availability.
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ThinkPenguin: Use coupon code FSFGIVING15 at checkout. Appies to all items.
+ Purchase a LulzBot Mini desktop 3D printer through this guide and receive a gratis 1kg reel of standard filament. Email sales@lulzbot.com before or during purchasing and mention the FSF 2015 Giving Guide to receive this promotion. Specify if you'd like HIPS, PLA, or ABS filament. Promotion subject to inventory availability.
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ThinkPenguin: Use coupon code FSFGIVING15 at checkout. FSF members receive 7% off with this code and 5% year-round. Applies to all items.
Libiquity: This is a rebate, not a discount at point of sale. After purchase, email your order number to
- sales@libiquity.com and mention the secret password FSFGIVING in your message. You'll receive a refund of 10% of your purchase. Applies to all items.
+ sales@libiquity.com and mention the secret password FSFGIVING in your message. You'll receive a refund of 10% of your subtotal price. Libiquity will donate 5% of each purchase's subtotal price to the FS. Applies to all items.
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