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47 <h2>Are you giving your loved ones holiday gifts they can use freely?</h2>
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76 <div class="comparisons">
77 <div class="section_wrapper">
78 <h3 class="main_title">Operating System</h3>
79
80 <div class="free">
81 <div class="product">
82 <img class="good" src="images/good.png" alt="good"/>
83 <img class="product_img" src="//www.gnu.org/graphics/trisquel/trisquel.svg" alt="Trisquel GNU/Linux"/>
84 </div>
85
86 <h4 class="title">Trisquel GNU/Linux</h4>
87 <ul>
88 <li>
89 <a href="http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html">FSF-endorsed</a> completely free operating system: transparent and modifiable.
90 </li>
91
92 <li>
93 Break the cycle of forced upgrades and planned obsolescence.
94 </li>
95
96 <li>
97 Comes with all the software you need and an easy software manager to find more.
98 </li>
99 <li>Works great with the Wi-Fi adapters in this guide.</li>
100 </ul>
101
102
103
104 </div>
105
106 <div class="proprietary">
107 <div class="product">
108 <img class="bad" src="images/bad.png" alt="bad"/>
109 <img class="product_img" src="images/windows.png" alt="Windows"/>
110 </div>
111
112 <h4 class="title">Windows</h4>
113 <ul>
114 <li>
115 Proprietary software that profits from
116 controlling how you use your computer
117 </li>
118
119 <li>
120 Invades privacy and exposes personal data to
121 Microsoft,
122 <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-how-to-remain-secure-surveillance">
123 the NSA,
124 </a> and other malicious attackers
125 </li>
126
127 <li>
128 Dependent on mandatory upgrades and devices
129 that don't support older versions of Windows
130 </li>
131 </ul>
132
133
134 </div>
135
136 <div class="buy_avoid">
137 <div class="buy_avoid_wrapper">
138 <div class="buy">
139 <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/"><img src="images/download.png" alt="Download" /></a>
140 </div>
141
142 <div class="avoid">
143 <img src="images/avoid.png" alt="avoid" />
144 </div>
145 </div>
146 </div>
147
148 </div>
149
150
151
152 <div class="section_wrapper">
153 <h3 class="main_title">3D Printers</h3>
154
155 <div class="free">
156 <div class="product">
157 <img class="good" src="images/good.png" alt="good"/>
158 <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/taz4.png" alt="TAZ 4.0"/>
159 </div>
160
161 <h4 class="title">Lulzbot TAZ 4.0</h4>
162 <ul>
163 <li>
164 Contact <a href="https://www.lulzbot.com/company/contact-us">Lulzbot sales</a> and mention this guide to receive gratis shipping and filament with your TAZ.
165 </li>
166
167 <li>
168 <a href="https://www.fsf.org/ryf">Respects Your Freedom-certified</a> by the FSF to run with all free software, making 3D printing more accessible and encouraging innovation.
169 </li>
170
171 <li>
172 Supports tetherless printing, optional Dual Extruder upgrade, and exotic filaments including wood-, rubber- and stone-like materials.
173 </li>
174 <li>Hardware designs available to make modification and improvement easy.</li>
175 </ul>
176
177 </div>
178
179 <div class="proprietary">
180 <div class="product">
181 <img class="bad" src="images/bad.png" alt="bad"/>
182 <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/fsforg/img/MakerbotPrepped.png" alt="Makerbot Replicator 2"/>
183 </div>
184
185 <h4 class="title">Makerbot Replicator 2</h4>
186 <ul>
187 <li>
188 MakerWare software is proprietary,
189 restricting freedom and stifling innovation
190 </li>
191
192 <li>
193 Hardware patents threaten free printers like
194 the Lulzbot
195 </li>
196
197 <li>
198 Recently announced an increasingly
199 proprietary approach, further distancing
200 itself from the free software community
201 </li>
202 </ul>
203
204 </div>
205
206 <div class="buy_avoid">
207 <div class="buy_avoid_wrapper">
208 <div class="buy">
209 <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/"><img src="images/download.png" alt="Download" /></a>
210 </div>
211
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213 <img src="images/avoid.png" alt="avoid" />
214 </div>
215 </div>
216 </div>
217 </div>
218
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221
222 <div class="section_wrapper">
223 <h3 class="main_title">Ebooks</h3>
224
225 <div class="free">
226 <div class="product">
227 <img class="good" src="images/good.png" alt="good"/>
228 <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/fsforg/img/ProjectGutenbergPrepped.png" alt="Project Gutenberg"/>
229 </div>
230
231 <h4 class="title">Project Gutenberg</h4>
232
233 <ul>
234 <li>All of the ebooks are gratis, including classics like Peter Pan and Huck Finn.</li>
235 <li>The original purveyor of DRM-free eBooks, <a href="htts://www.defectivebydesign.org/guide/ebooks">inspiring many others</a>.</li>
236 <li>Enjoy the freedom to read your ebooks on any device.</li>
237 </ul>
238
239 </div>
240
241 <div class="proprietary">
242 <div class="product">
243 <img class="bad" src="images/bad.png" alt="bad"/>
244 <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/fsforg/img/amazon.jpg" alt="Amazon"/>
245 </div>
246
247 <h4 class="title">Amazon</h4>
248 <ul>
249 <li>
250 Amazon can remotely block or delete
251 individual ebooks or your entire library
252 with no warning or explanation (they've done
253 it before--read about it
254 <a href="http://www.defectivebydesign.org/node/2250">
255 here
256 </a>).
257 </li>
258
259 <li>
260 DRM prevents you from sharing your favorite
261 books with friends, and Amazon uses DRM to
262 <a href="http://www.defectivebydesign.org/faq#harm">
263 maintain their monopoly
264 </a>
265 </li>
266
267 <li>
268 Amazon claims
269 <a href="http://www.defectivebydesign.org/amazon-kindle-swindle">
270 you don't actually own or control your
271 ebooks
272 </a>
273 </li>
274
275 <li>
276 Thanks to DRM, you won't be able to transfer
277 your books to any other reader
278 </li>
279 </ul>
280
281 </div>
282
283 <div class="buy_avoid">
284 <div class="buy_avoid_wrapper">
285 <div class="buy">
286 <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/"><img src="images/download.png" alt="Download" /></a>
287 </div>
288
289 <div class="avoid">
290 <img src="images/avoid.png" alt="avoid" />
291 </div>
292 </div>
293 </div>
294 </div>
295
296 <div class="section_wrapper">
297 <h3 class="main_title">Mobile OS</h3>
298
299 <div class="free">
300 <div class="product">
301 <img class="good" src="images/good.png" alt="good"/>
302 <img class="product_img" src="http://static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/Replicant_logo.png" alt="Replicant"/>
303 </div>
304
305 <h4 class="title">Replicant</h4>
306 <ul>
307 <li>
308 Fully free software mobile OS based on
309 Android
310 </li>
311
312 <li>
313 <a href="http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/ReplicantImages">
314 Supported devices
315 </a>
316 include both phones and tablets
317 </li>
318
319 <li>
320 Used devices can be purchased, so your
321 dollars won't go to proprietary OS
322 companies.
323 </li>
324 </ul>
325
326
327 </div>
328
329 <div class="proprietary">
330 <div class="product">
331 <img class="bad" src="images/bad.png" alt="bad"/>
332 <img class="product_img" src="http://static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/iOS.png" alt="Apple iPhone, iPad and Watch"/>
333 </div>
334
335 <h4 class="title">Apple iPhone, iPad and Watch</h4>
336 <ul>
337 <li>
338 iOS is a fully proprietary operating system,
339 giving Apple ultimate control over devices
340 running it
341 </li>
342
343 <li>
344 Apple uses DRM to block competing software.
345 </li>
346
347 <li>
348 The company claims to take away your freedom <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/1256">for your own good</a>.
349 </li>
350 </ul>
351 </div>
352
353 <div class="buy_avoid">
354 <div class="buy_avoid_wrapper">
355 <div class="buy">
356 <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/"><img src="images/download.png" alt="Download" /></a>
357 </div>
358
359 <div class="avoid">
360 <img src="images/avoid.png" alt="avoid" />
361 </div>
362 </div>
363 </div>
364 </div>
365 <div class="comparisons">
366 <div class="section_wrapper">
367 <h3 class="main_title">Laptops</h3>
368
369 <div class="free">
370 <div class="product">
371 <img class="good" src="images/good.png" alt="good"/>
372 <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/fsforg/img/givingguidethinkpenguin.png" alt="ThinkPenguin GNU/Linux Notebook"/>
373 </div>
374
375 <h4 class="title">ThinkPenguin GNU/Linux Notebook</h4>
376
377 <ul>
378 <li>Save $5 on any purchase of $50 or more with coupon code FSFGIVING. ThinkPenguin will also donate $5 to the FSF (expires at the end of 2014).</li>
379 <li>
380 Comes with free OS and free software-compatible Wi-Fi and 3D-accelerated graphics chipsets work with any <a href="http://www.gnu.org/distros/">fully free GNU/Linux distribution</a> you choose. While its proprietary firmware means it's <a href="<a href="https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html">not fully free</a>, this laptop is one of the most freedom-supporting available.
381 </li>
382
383 <li>Browse more companies that sell <a href="www.gnu.org/links/companies">free software-compatible computers</a>.</li>
384 </ul>
385
386 <div class="buy">
387
388 <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/"><img src="images/buy.png" alt="Buy" /></a>
389
390 </div>
391
392 </div>
393
394 <div class="proprietary">
395 <div class="product">
396 <img class="bad" src="images/bad.png" alt="bad"/>
397 <img class="product_img" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Macbook_Pro_PSD.png" alt="Apple Macbook Pro"/>
398 </div>
399
400 <h4 class="title">Apple Macbook Pro</h4>
401 <ul>
402 <li>
403 Runs on proprietary software that restricts
404 the user's freedoms
405 </li>
406
407 <li>
408 Apple's App Store uses DRM (Digital
409 Restrictions Management) to restrict what
410 you can do with your purchases
411 </li>
412
413 <li>
414 Planned obsolescence: business model forces
415 you to buy new devices frequently
416 </li>
417 </ul>
418
419 <div class="avoid">
420
421 <img src="images/avoid.png" alt="avoid" />
422
423 </div>
424 </div>
425 </div>
426 </div>
427
428 <div class="comparisons">
429 <div class="section_wrapper">
430 <h3 class="main_title">Graphic Design</h3>
431
432 <div class="free">
433 <div class="product">
434 <img class="good" src="images/good.png" alt="good"/>
435 <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/gimp_inkscape.png" alt="GIMP and Inkscape"/>
436 </div>
437
438 <h4 class="title">GIMP and Inkscape</h4>
439
440 <ul>
441 <li>Free software, with thriving developer communities.</li>
442 <li>Designed for free formats, but can also open files created in other programs.</li>
443 <li>Wide variety of plugins grants limitless features.</li>
444 <li>Easy to install on all major operating systems.</li>
445 </ul>
446
447 <div class="buy">
448
449 <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/"><img src="images/download.png" alt="Download" /></a>
450
451 </div>
452
453 </div>
454
455 <div class="proprietary">
456 <div class="product">
457 <img class="bad" src="images/bad.png" alt="bad"/>
458 <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/photoshop_illustrator.png" alt="Photoshop and Illustrator"/>
459 </div>
460
461 <h4 class="title">Photoshop and Illustrator</h4>
462 <ul>
463 <li>Proprietary software controlled by Adobe.</li>
464 <li>Prefers locked-down proprietary formats.</li>
465 <li>Requires costly upgrades to stay up to date.</li>
466 </ul>
467
468 <div class="avoid">
469
470 <img src="images/avoid.png" alt="avoid" />
471
472 </div>
473 </div>
474 </div>
475 </div>
476
477 <div class="comparisons">
478 <div class="section_wrapper">
479 <h3 class="main_title">Gift Card</h3>
480
481 <div class="free">
482 <div class="product">
483 <img class="good" src="images/good.png" alt="good"/>
484 <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/fsforg/img/FSFCardPrepped.png" alt="FSF Membership Card"/>
485 </div>
486
487 <h4 class="title">FSF Membership Card</h4>
488 <ul>
489 <li>Join over 3,000 active members working to make a better world built on free software.</li>
490 <li>Enjoy a host of <a href="https://www.fsf.org/associate/benefits">member benefits</a>, including admission to the <a href="http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference">yearly LibrePlanet conference</a>.</li>
491 <li>Membership donations are tax-deductible in the US. For a smaller gift, <a href="https://www.fsf.org/donate">donate in a friend's name</a>.</li>
492 </ul>
493
494
495
496 <div class="buy">
497
498 <a href="https://www.fsf.org/associate"><img src="images/buy.png" alt="Buy" /></a>
499
500 </div>
501
502 </div>
503
504 <div class="proprietary">
505 <div class="product">
506 <img class="bad" src="images/bad.png" alt="bad"/>
507 <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/fsforg/img/iTunesCardPrepped.png" alt="iTunes Card"/>
508 </div>
509
510 <h4 class="title">iTunes Card</h4>
511 <ul>
512
513
514 <li>
515 <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org">DRM (Digital Restrictions Management)</a on everything except music to control what you can do with your purchases.
516 </li>
517
518 <li>
519 Apple claims (wrongly) that you don't actually own anything you buy from the iTunes store.
520 </li>
521
522 <li>
523 Requires proprietary software to use, even to download DRM-free music.
524 </li>
525 </ul>
526
527 <div class="avoid">
528
529 <img src="images/avoid.png" alt="avoid" />
530
531 </div>
532 </div>
533 </div>
534 </div>
535
536 <div class="comparisons">
537 <div class="section_wrapper">
538 <h3 class="main_title">Online Storage</h3>
539
540 <div class="free">
541 <div class="product">
542 <img class="good" src="images/good.png" alt="good"/>
543 <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/leastauthority.png" alt="Least Authority"/>
544 </div>
545
546 <h4 class="title">FSF Membership Card</h4>
547
548 <ul>
549 <li>
550 Free software system guarantees that you control who sees your data.
551 </li>
552
553 <li>
554 Decentralized infrastructure protects from attacks and give you flexibility in how your data is stored.
555 </li>
556
557 <li>
558 Client side encryption to prevent snooping,
559 unlike Google Drive, Dropbox, Apple iCloud,
560 Microsoft SkyDrive, and Ubuntu One.
561 </li>
562 </ul>
563
564 <div class="buy">
565
566 <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/"><img src="images/download.png" alt="Download" /></a>
567
568 </div>
569
570 </div>
571
572 <div class="proprietary">
573 <div class="product">
574 <img class="bad" src="images/bad.png" alt="bad"/>
575 <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/googledrive.png" alt="Google Drive"/>
576 </div>
577
578 <h4 class="title">Google Drive</h4>
579 <ul>
580
581 <li>
582 Requires granting Google a virtually
583 unlimited license to any public data, and
584 also having your public and personal data
585 mined for ads.
586 </li>
587
588 <li>
589 Data may be accessed by Google and
590 <a href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/how-the-nsas-muscular-tapped-googles-and-yahoos-private-networks/">
591 intelligence agencies.
592 </a>
593 </li>
594
595 </ul>
596
597 <div class="avoid">
598
599 <img src="images/avoid.png" alt="avoid" />
600
601 </div>
602 </div>
603 </div>
604 </div>
605
606 <div class="comparisons">
607 <div class="section_wrapper">
608 <h3 class="main_title">Media Hosting</h3>
609
610 <div class="free">
611 <div class="product">
612 <img class="good" src="images/good.png" alt="good"/>
613 <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/mediagoblin.png" alt="GNU MediaGoblin"/>
614 </div>
615
616 <h4 class="title">GNU MediaGoblin</h4>
617
618 <ul>
619 <li>
620 Soon-to-be federated to allow decentralized
621 sharing.
622 </li>
623
624 <li>Supports free video formats.</li>
625
626 <li>Ability to choose a copyleft license.</li>
627
628 <li>Source files can be attached to an upload.</li>
629
630 <li>
631 Go to
632 <a href="http://mediagoblin.org/">
633 http://mediagoblin.org/
634 </a>
635 to learn how to use it and see a list of
636 public instances.
637 </li>
638 </ul>
639
640 <div class="buy">
641
642 <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/"><img src="images/download.png" alt="Download" /></a>
643
644 </div>
645
646 </div>
647
648 <div class="proprietary">
649 <div class="product">
650 <img class="bad" src="images/bad.png" alt="bad"/>
651 <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/YouTube.png" alt="YouTube"/>
652 </div>
653
654 <h4 class="title">YouTube</h4>
655 <ul>
656 <li>
657 Uses proprietary Adobe Flash player and
658 patent-encumbered H.264 codec.
659 </li>
660
661 <li>
662 Implements DRM to control access to videos
663 by device and region.
664 </li>
665
666 <li>
667 Imposes advertising on your uploads and
668 polices copyright harshly.
669 </li>
670 </ul>
671
672 <div class="avoid">
673
674 <img src="images/avoid.png" alt="avoid" />
675
676 </div>
677 </div>
678 </div>
679 </div>
680 </div>
681
682 <!-- Recommended Section -->
683
684 <div class="recommended">
685 <h1 class="topic_title">More Recommended Products</h1>
686
687 <div class="recommend_wrapper">
688 <div class="recommended_product">
689 <img class="recommended_product_img" src="//tehnoetic.com/image/cache/data/adaptor-500x500.JPG" alt="Tehnoetic dongle Wi-Fi adapter"/>
690 <h4 class="title">Tehnoetic dongle Wi-Fi adapter</h4>
691 <p>Great for all-free-software installations on laptops with incompatible Wi-Fi hardware. <a href="https://www.fsf.org/ryf">Respects Your Freedom-certified by the FSF</a>.</p>
692 <div class="buy">
693 <a href="https://tehnoetic.com/tehnoetic-wireless-adapter-gnu-linux-libre-tet-n150"><img src="images/buy.png" alt="Buy" /></a>
694 </div>
695 </div>
696
697 <div class="recommended_product">
698 <img class="recommended_product_img" src="//www.thinkpenguin.com/files/imagecache/product/librecmc-router-v2_0.jpg" alt="ThinkPenguin Wi-Fi N router"/>
699 <h4 class="title">ThinkPenguin Wi-Fi N router</h4>
700 <p>High speed wireless router running free LibreCMC operating system. Respects Your Freedom-certified.</p>
701 <div class="buy">
702 <a href="https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/free-software-wireless-n-broadband-router-gnu-linux-tpe-nwifirouter2"><img src="images/buy.png" alt="Buy" /></a>
703 </div>
704 </div>
705 <p class= "remark"> If you have ideas for more gifts that can be given
706 freely, submit your recommendations to our growing
707 page at <a href="http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Giving_Guide_Suggestions">
708 libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Giving_Guide_Suggestions</a>.
709 </p>
710 </div>
711 <h1 clas"topic_title">Recommended charities for holiday donations</h1>
712 <p><a href="http://www.eff.org">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a>, <a href="http://www.creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a>, <a href="http://wikimedia.org">Wikimedia Foundation</a>, <a href="http://www.sfconservancy.org">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>, <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org">Software Freedom Law Center</a>, <a href="http://www.gnome.org">GNOME Foundation</a> and <a href="http://www.fsf.org">Free Software Foundation</a>.</p>
713
714
715
716 <div class="licenses">
717
718 <h1 class="topic_title">Licenses</h1>
719
720 </div>
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