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- <a href="https://www.fsf.org/share?u=https://www.fsf.org/givingguide/2014/&t=Check%20out%20the%20Free%20Software%20Foundation%20Holiday%20Giving%20Guide">Share (#givefreely)</a>
+ <a href="https://www.fsf.org/share?u=https://www.fsf.org/givingguide/&t=Check out the Free Software Foundation Ethical Tech Giving Guide">Share (#givefreely)</a>
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<div class="product">
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- <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/libiquity-x200.png" alt="Libiquity X200 Notebook with Libreboot" />
+ <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/libiquity-x200.png" alt="Libiquity X200 with Libreboot" />
</div>
- <h4 class="title">Libiquity Taurinus X200 GNU/Linux laptop</h4>
+ <h4 class="title">Libiquity Taurinus X200 with GNU/Linux</h4>
<ul>
- <li>
- Comes installed with a free OS, and its Wi-Fi and 3D-accelerated graphics work with any other <a href="https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html">fully free GNU/Linux distribution</a>.
- </li>
- <li>
- Based on a Lenovo X200, with FIXME tech stats.
- </li>
- <li><a href="https://www.fsf.org/ryf">Respects Your Freedom-certified</a> by the FSF to run with all free software, right down to its libreboot firmware.</li>
- <!--<li><span style="font-weight:bold">SAVE!</span> $5 off 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>-->
+ <li>Comes with the free, transparent and modifiable Trisquel GNU/Linux operating system.</li>
+ <li>Durable hardware is meant to last and easy to repair.</li>
+ <li>Created by a small business that replaces all restrictive components from a stock laptop.</li>
+ <li><a href="https://www.fsf.org/ryf">Respects Your Freedom-certified</a> by the FSF to run with all free software, right down to its libreboot firmware.</li> <!--<li><span style="font-weight:bold">SAVE!</span> $5 off 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>-->
</ul>
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<div class="proprietary">
<div class="product">
<img class="bad" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/bad.png" alt="bad" />
- <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/Macbook_Pro.png" alt="Apple Macbook Pro" />
+ <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/lenovo-u31.png" alt="Lenovo U31" />
</div>
- <h4 class="title">FIXME A laptop that has AMT or an Apple Macbook Air or other</h4>
+ <h4 class="title">Lenovo U31 with Windows</h4>
<ul>
- <li>
- Runs on proprietary software that restricts the user's freedoms.
- </li>
-
- <li>
- Apple's App Store uses <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management">DRM</a> to restrict what you can do with your purchases.
- </li>
- <li>Comes crawling with <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html#SpywareInMacOS">spyware</a>.</li>
- <li>
- Planned obsolescence: business model forces you to buy new devices frequently.
- </li>
- </ul>
+ <li>Runs on proprietary software that profits from treating the user as a product -- each account is assigned an advertising ID to help Microsoft to sell user data.</li>
+ <li>Intel Management Engine is a hardware-based backdoor that gives various companies a permanent backdoor into your computer.</li>
+ <li>Mandatory Windows updates force users to test potentially unstable new versions.</li>
+ </ul>
</div>
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<div class="free">
<div class="product">
<img class="good" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/good.png" alt="good" />
- <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/tehnoetic-s2.png" alt="Replicant" />
+ <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/tehnoetic-s2.png" alt="Tehnoetic S2 with Replicant" />
</div>
- <h4 class="title">Tehnoetic S2 FIXME: check that Tiberiu's ok with this being here</h4>
+ <h4 class="title">Tehnoetic S2 with Replicant</h4>
<ul>
<li>
- Runs the Replicant fully free operating system, based on Android. FIXME: why isn't Replicant endorsed?
+ Runs the <a href="http://www.replicant.us">Replicant</a> free operating system, based on Android, though some low-level firmware is nonfree.
</li>
<li>
- FIXME: something about F-droid
+ Features F-droid, the free software catalogue that makes it easy to get all the applications you need without sacrificing control of your phone.
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<ul>
<li>Comes with no shortage of <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html#SpywareIniThings">spyware</a>.</li>
<li>
- iOS is a fully proprietary operating system, giving Apple control over the software on the devices.
+ Fully proprietary operating system, giving Apple control over the software on the devices.
</li>
<li>
Apple uses <a href="http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management">DRM</a> to block competing software.
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<div class="buy">
- <a href="http://www.replicant.us"><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/download.png" alt="Download" />
+ <a href="https://tehnoetic.com/tehnoetic-s2-phone-replicant"><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/buy.png" alt="Buy" />
</a>
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- <h3 class="main_title">More Powerful Laptops FIXME:verify</h3>
+ <h3 class="main_title">Full-Sized Laptops</h3>
<div class="free">
<div class="product">
<img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/minifree-t400.png" alt="Minifree T400 Notebook with Libreboot" />
</div>
- <h4 class="title">Minifree T400 GNU/Linux laptop</h4>
+ <h4 class="title">Minifree T400 with GNU/Linux</h4>
<ul>
- <li>
- Comes installed with a free OS, and its Wi-Fi and 3D-accelerated graphics work with any other <a href="https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html">fully free GNU/Linux distribution</a>.
- </li>
- <li>
- Based on a Lenovo T400, with FIXME tech stats.
- </li>
- <li> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/ryf">Respects Your Freedom-certified</a> by the FSF to run with all free software, right down to its libreboot firmware.</li>
- <!--<li><span style="font-weight:bold">SAVE!</span> $5 off 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>-->
- </ul>
-
+ <ul>
+ <li>Comes with the free, transparent and modifiable Trisquel GNU/Linux operating system.</li>
+ <li>Durable hardware is meant to last and easy to repair.</li>
+ <li>Created by a small business that replaces all restrictive components from a stock laptop.</li>
+ <li><a href="https://www.fsf.org/ryf">Respects Your Freedom-certified</a> by the FSF to run with all free software, right down to its libreboot firmware.</li> <!--<li><span style="font-weight:bold">SAVE!</span> $5 off 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>-->
+ </ul>
</div>
<div class="proprietary">
<img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/Macbook_Pro.png" alt="Apple Macbook Pro" />
</div>
- <h4 class="title">Apple Macbook Pro</h4>
+ <h4 class="title">Apple Macbook Pro with OSX</h4>
<ul>
<li>
Runs on proprietary software that restricts the user's freedoms.
<div class="free">
<div class="product">
<img class="good" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/good.png" alt="good" />
- <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/taz4.png" alt="TAZ 4.0" />
+ <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/lulzbot-mini.png" alt="Lulzbot Mini" />
</div>
- <h4 class="title">Lulzbot TAZ 4.0 FIXME: replace with the copy Harris gives you, or update to this year</h4>
+ <h4 class="title">Lulzbot Mini</h4>
<ul>
- <li>
- <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.
- </li>
-
- <li>
- Supports tetherless printing, optional Dual Extruder upgrade, and exotic filaments including wood-, rubber- and stone-like materials.
- </li>
- <li>Hardware designs available to make modification and improvement easy.</li>
- <!--<li>
- <span style="font-weight:bold">SAVE!</span> When you buy a TAZ, contact <a href="https://www.lulzbot.com/company/contact-us">Lulzbot sales</a> and mention this guide to receive an extra roll of filament and gratis shipping to the US, Canada or the EU (expires at the end of 2014).
- </li>-->
+ <li><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.</li>
+ <li>Ease of use features like self-leveling and self-cleaning.</li>
+ <li>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.</li>
</ul>
-
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<div class="proprietary">
<div class="product">
<img class="bad" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/bad.png" alt="bad" />
- <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/fsforg/img/MakerbotPrepped.png" alt="Makerbot Replicator 2" />
+ <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/makerbot-mini.png" alt="Makerbot Replicator Mini" />
</div>
- <h4 class="title">Makerbot Replicator 2</h4>
+ <h4 class="title">Makerbot Replicator Mini</h4>
<ul>
<li>
MakerWare software is proprietary, restricting freedom and stifling innovation.
</li>
<li>
- Recently announced an increasingly proprietary approach, further distancing itself from the free software community.
+ 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.
</li>
</ul>
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- <a href="https://www.lulzbot.com/
products/lulzbot-taz-4-3d-printer/"><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/buy.png" alt="Buy" />
+ <a href="https://www.lulzbot.com/
store/printers/lulzbot-mini"><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/buy.png" alt="Buy" />
</a>
</div>
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- <h3 class="main_title">Routers</h3>
+ <h3 class="main_title">WiFi Routers</h3>
<div class="free">
<div class="product">
<img class="good" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/good.png" alt="good" />
- <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/librecmc-router.jpg" alt="TAZ 4.0" />
+ <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/librecmc-router.jpg" alt="ThinkPenguin Router" />
</div>
<h4 class="title">ThinkPenguin Router</h4>
<ul>
<li>
- Your network traffic is safe with this device because the software it runs is audited by independent experts. FIXME: verify
+ Safely segregate privacy sensitive network traffic from internet traffic to further improve security.
</li>
<li>
- The included LibreCMC operating system is highly configurable and extensible. FIXME: examples of extensions?
- </li>
- <li>
- As free as can be: runs the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html">FSF-endorsed</a> LibreCMC operating system on hardware that is certified to <a href="https://www.fsf.org/ryf">Respect Your Freedom</a>.
+ As free as can be: runs the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html">FSF-endorsed</a> LibreCMC operating system on hardware that is certified to <a href="https://www.fsf.org/ryf">Respect Your Freedom</a>.
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="proprietary">
<div class="product">
<img class="bad" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/bad.png" alt="bad" />
- <img class="product_img" src="http://www.techspot.com/images/products/routers/org/1691824022_1532911738_o.jpg" alt="Linksys WRT1900AC Wireless AC Router" />
+ <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/isp-router.png" alt="Generic ISP-provided router" />
</div>
<h4 class="title">ISP-provided Routers</h4>
<ul>
<li>
- Proprietary firmware means that there's no way for you to know whether it's spying on you -- and it gets to handle all your Internet traffic as well as local print jobs, file transfers, and communications.
+ Proprietary firmware means that there's no way for you to know whether it's spying on you -- and it handles all your Internet traffic as well as local print jobs and file transfers.
</li>
<li>
- Subject to surprise firmware updates from your cable provider, likely one of the same companies trying to lock down the Internet and break net neutrality. FIXME: verify
+ Many models are subject to remote firmware updates from your cable provider, likely one of the same companies trying to lock down the Internet and break net neutrality.
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Proprietary software controlled by Adobe.</li>
<li>Prefers locked-down proprietary formats.</li>
- <li>Requires costly upgrades to stay up to date.</li>
+ <li>Shuts down if its DRM is unable to verify the costly required subscription, even if it's actually up to date .</li>
</ul>
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- <div class="section_wrapper">
- <h3 class="main_title">Operating Systems</h3>
-
- <div class="free">
- <div class="product">
- <img class="good" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/good.png" alt="good" />
- <img class="product_img" src="//www.gnu.org/graphics/trisquel/trisquel.svg" alt="Trisquel GNU/Linux" />
- </div>
-
- <h4 class="title">Trisquel GNU/Linux</h4>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <a href="http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html">FSF-endorsed</a> completely free operating system: transparent and modifiable.
- </li>
-
- <li>
- Break the cycle of forced upgrades and planned obsolescence.
- </li>
-
- <li>
- Comes with all the software you need and an easy software manager to find more.
- </li>
- <li>Works great with the Wi-Fi adapters in this guide.</li>
- </ul>
- </div>
-
- <div class="proprietary">
- <div class="product">
- <img class="bad" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/bad.png" alt="bad" />
- <img class="product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/windows.png" alt="Windows" />
- </div>
-
- <h4 class="title">Windows</h4>
- <ul>
- <li>
- Proprietary software that profits from controlling how you use your computer.
- </li>
-
- <li>
- Invades privacy and exposes personal data to <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html#SpywareInWindows">Microsoft</a>, the NSA, and other malicious attackers.
- </li>
-
- <li>
- Dependent on mandatory upgrades and devices that don't support older versions of Windows.
- </li>
- </ul>
- </div>
-
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- <div class="buy">
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- </a>
- </div>
-
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- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
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-
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<h3 class="main_title">Gift Cards</h3>
<h4 class="title">FSF Membership Card</h4>
<ul>
<li>Join over 3,000 active members working to make a better world built on free software.</li>
- <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>
+ <li>Enjoy a host of <a href="https://www.fsf.org/associate/benefits">member benefits</a>, including admission to the <a href="https://www.libreplanet.org/conference">yearly LibrePlanet conference</a>.</li>
<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>
</ul>
<!-- Recommended Section -->
<div class="recommended">
- <h1 class="topic_title">More Recommended Products</h1>
+ <h1 class="topic_title">More Products Certified to Respect Your Freedom</h1>
<div class="recommend_wrapper">
<div class="recommended_product">
<img class="recommended_product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/tehnoetic_adapter.png" alt="Tehnoetic dongle Wi-Fi adapter" />
<h4 class="title">Tehnoetic dongle Wi-Fi adapter</h4>
- <p>Great for all-free-software installations on laptops with incompatible Wi-Fi hardware. Certified to <a href="https://www.fsf.org/ryf">Respect Your Freedom</a>. Discount code: FSFGIVING.</p>
+ <p>Great for all-free-software installations on laptops with incompatible Wi-Fi hardware. Discount code: FSFGIVING.</p>
<div class="buy">
<a href="https://tehnoetic.com/tehnoetic-wireless-adapter-gnu-linux-libre-tet-n150"><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/buy.png" alt="Buy" />
</a>
</div>
<div class="recommended_product">
- <img class="recommended_product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/thinkpenguin-mini-router.png" alt="ThinkPenguin mini router" />
+ <img class="recommended_product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/thinkpenguin-mini-router.png" alt="ThinkPenguin VPN router" />
<h4 class="title">ThinkPenguin VPN router</h4>
- <p>FIXME:write</p>
+ <p>Designed to complement your existing router by providing an easy-to-set up VPN that enhances privacy and security. </p>
<div class="buy">
<a href="https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/free-software-wireless-n-broadband-router-gnu-linux-tpe-nwifirouter2"><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/buy.png" alt="Buy" />
</div>
<div class="recommended_product">
- <img class="recommended_product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/thinkpenguin-long-range-adapter.png" alt="ThinkPenguin long-range adapter FIXME:image" />
- <h4 class="title">ThinkPenguin long-range adapter FIXME:image</h4>
- <p>Great for all-free-software installations on laptops with incompatible Wi-Fi hardware. Certified to <a href="https://www.fsf.org/ryf">Respect Your Freedom</a>.</p>
+ <img class="recommended_product_img" src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/thinkpenguin-long-range-adapter.png" alt="ThinkPenguin long-range adapter" />
+ <h4 class="title">ThinkPenguin long-range adapter</h4>
+ <p>Longer range than its smaller cousin, can be further upgraded with a larger antenna.</p>
<div class="buy">
<a href="https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usb"><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/images/buy.png" alt="Buy" />
</a>
</p>
</div>
<!--recommended charities-->
- <a name="charities"><h1 class="topic_title">Recommended charities for holiday donations</h1></a>
+ <a name="charities"><h1 class="topic_title">Recommended organizations for holiday donations</h1></a>
<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>,
<!-- Licenses Section -->
<div class="licenses">
- <h1 class="topic_title">Licenses</h1>
+ <h1 class="topic_title">Licenses FIXME:update</h1>
<p>This page by the Free Software Foundation is licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Unported.</a>
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