X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?p=fsf-giving-guide.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=v6%2Fgivingguide.html;h=d0e09ceb1201313c9779c1897ed6cc5c380ca4db;hp=f069355db5c7627fa9da656ea181a8b7b0f15049;hb=840c4e863e50226059b5b0e9941d14495dd83c79;hpb=71ae37204251392a300f9d36bf0f3e3439b83585 diff --git a/v6/givingguide.html b/v6/givingguide.html index f069355..d0e09ce 100755 --- a/v6/givingguide.html +++ b/v6/givingguide.html @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ - Holiday Giving Guide | Free Software Foundation | Working together for free software + Ethical Tech Giving Guide | Free Software Foundation | Working together for free software @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
- Giving Guide + Giving Guide
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ 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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Like this guide? Download the printable version (translations welcome!) and organize a Giving +

Like this guide? Download the printable version and organize a Giving Guide Giveaway to share it with your community. And remember: donating to a nonprofit in someone's name is at least as meaningful as buying them an electronic device.

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Compact Laptops

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Full-Sized Laptops

good - Libiquity X200 with Libreboot + Minifree T400 Notebook with Libreboot
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Libiquity Taurinus X200 with GNU/Linux

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Minifree T400 with GNU/Linux

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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.
  • +
  • As free as can be: runs the FSF-endorsed Trisquel operating system and libreboot firmware on hardware that is certified to Respect Your Freedom.
  • Durable hardware is meant to last and easy to repair.
  • -
  • Created by a small business that replaces all restrictive components from a stock laptop.
  • -
  • SAVE! 10% off any purchase. Expires Jan 31, 2016. Details.
  • +
  • Created by a small business that replaces all restrictive components from a stock laptop.
bad - Lenovo U31 - + Apple Macbook Pro
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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.
  • -
  • Includes Management Engine, a hardware-based backdoor that gives Intel a permanent backdoor into your computer.
  • -
  • Mandatory Windows updates force users to test potentially unstable new versions. Read more about Windows's abuses.
  • +
  • + Runs on proprietary software that restricts the user's freedoms. +
  • +
  • + Apple's App Store uses DRM to restrict what you can do with your purchases. +
  • +
  • Comes crawling with spyware.
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Smartphones

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Tehnoetic S2 with Replicant

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3D Printers

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Compact Laptops

good - Lulzbot Mini + Libiquity X200 with Libreboot
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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.
  • -
  • BONUS! Receive a gratis reel of filament when you buy from this guide. Expires Dec 30, 2015. Details.
  • +
  • As free as can be: runs the FSF-endorsed Trisquel operating system and libreboot firmware on hardware that is certified to Respect Your Freedom.
  • +
  • Durable hardware is meant to last and easy to repair.
  • +
  • Created by a small business that replaces all restrictive components from a stock laptop.
  • +
bad - Makerbot Replicator Mini + Lenovo U31
-

Makerbot Replicator Mini

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Lenovo U31 with Windows

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  • - MakerWare software is proprietary, restricting freedom and stifling innovation. -
  • - -
  • - 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. -
  • +
  • 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.
  • + +
  • Mandatory Windows updates force users to test potentially unstable new versions. Read more about Windows's abuses.
-
- Buy + Buy +
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Full-Sized Laptops

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3D Printers

good - Minifree T400 Notebook with Libreboot + Lulzbot Mini
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Minifree T400 with GNU/Linux

- +

Lulzbot Mini

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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.
  • -
  • Durable hardware is meant to last and easy to repair.
  • -
  • 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.
  • +
  • Respects Your Freedom-certified by the FSF to run with all free software, making 3D printing more accessible and encouraging innovation.
  • +
  • Ease of use features like self-leveling and self-cleaning.
  • +
  • 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.
  • +
  • BONUS! Receive a gratis reel of filament when you buy from this guide. Expires Jan 31st, 2015. Details.
bad - Apple Macbook Pro + Makerbot Replicator Mini
-

Apple Macbook Pro with OSX

+

Makerbot Replicator Mini

  • - Runs on proprietary software that restricts the user's freedoms. + MakerWare software is proprietary, restricting freedom and stifling innovation.
  • +
  • - 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.
  • -
  • Comes crawling with spyware.
+
@@ -304,7 +306,7 @@ 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.
  • -
  • SAVE! 5% off any purchase. Expires Jan 29, 2016. Details.
  • +
    @@ -374,12 +376,10 @@ Amazon can remotely block or delete individual ebooks or your entire library with no warning or explanation (they've done it before). -
  • Amazon uses DRM to prevent you from sharing your favorite books with friends or moving them between readers.
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  • Amazon openly claims @@ -387,6 +387,9 @@ ebooks.
  • +
  • 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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