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'''Note: the Guide is not complete yet. This page is for giving recommendations of products we should consider for the guide. The items listed here should not be taken as FSF recommendations.'''
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'''Note: This page is not the guide; it is for giving recommendations of products we should consider for the guide. The items listed here should not be taken as FSF recommendations.'''
  
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Each holiday season for the last few years, the FSF has released a buying guide with recommendations of products that respect your freedom. This year, we want to make it easier for people to make shopping decisions with the guide, so we're thinking of using the format of the popular diet books "Eat This, Not That." For the most part, each recommended product ("Buy This") will be paired with one that we don't recommend, but that people are likely to consider buying ("Not That").
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The FSF is working on a giving guide with recommendations of products that respect your freedom. We plan for the guide to cover audio, video and ebooks as well as computers, consumer electronics and software. To get all this information together, we need your help. This group is a place for you to provide your ideas for the buying guide.
  
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We plan for the guide to cover audio, video and ebooks as well as computers, consumer electronics and software. To get all this information together, we need your help. This group is a place for you to provide your ideas for the buying guide. There are three sections, one for pairs of "Buy This" and "Not That" products, and one for each category of product by itself.
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Part of the guide is already completed and you can see it at [http://www.fsf.org/givingguide fsf.org/givingguide]. Some of the products in the guide will be listed with a ">" symbol showing that one is better for your freedom than the another more common product which people are likely to consider buying. It's fine to put recommendations in this group without a "lesser" product to go along with them, but if you can think of one, please mention it.
  
 
Thanks for helping your fellow FSF members make ethical choices this holiday season. Happy holidays!
 
Thanks for helping your fellow FSF members make ethical choices this holiday season. Happy holidays!
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== Guidelines ==
 
== Guidelines ==
  
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* Use the existing categories of ideas whenever possible
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* Make a new category if necessary, but please check existing ones first
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* For pairs, the items should be relatively interchangeable as far as functionality is concerned.
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* Provide links to detailed descriptions ofthe products when possible.
 
* If it's not obvious, provide an explanation of why you chose the product(s) for the section you put it/them into.
 
* If it's not obvious, provide an explanation of why you chose the product(s) for the section you put it/them into.
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* Provide links to detailed descriptions of the products when possible.
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* For "greater than" pairs, the items should be relatively interchangeable as far as functionality is concerned.
  
 
== Ideas ==
 
== Ideas ==
  
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'''Pairs: Buy This, Not That'''
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'''Software'''
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* Electronic Design Tools: download gEDA ( http://www.geda-project.org ) or Kicad ( http://www.kicad-pcb.org ), not Eagle ( http://www.cadsoftusa.com )
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* Electronic Design Tools: download gEDA ( http://www.geda-project.org ) or Kicad ( http://www.kicad-pcb.org ) > Eagle ( http://www.cadsoftusa.com )
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* 3-D CAD/CAM: download FreeCAD ( http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=Main_Page ) not CorelCAD ( http://www.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp?pid=prod4120067&cid=catalog20038&segid=752 )
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* 3-D CAD/CAM: download FreeCAD ( http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=Main_Page ) > CorelCAD ( http://www.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp?pid=prod4120067&cid=catalog20038&segid=752 )
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* Animation: download Blender ( http://www.blender.org ) not Adobe ( http://www.adobe.com/products/flash.html )
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* Animation: download Blender ( http://www.blender.org ) > Adobe ( http://www.adobe.com/products/flash.html )
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'''Singletons: Buy This'''
 
  
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* Donations to the FSF or free software development projects in friend's names
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'''Hardware'''
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* Gifts from the shop.fsf.org
 
 
* Devices from [http://h-node.org/hardware/catalogue/en| h-node]
 
* Devices from [http://h-node.org/hardware/catalogue/en| h-node]
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* DRM-free ebooks, including books about free software
 
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* Recommending a hosting service that respects people's freedom to be in control of their machine
 
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* FSF membership dues for a friend (include the LibrePlanet conference logo in this bc members get to attend LP gratis)
 
 
* LulzBot AO-100 3D Printer (3D printer certified by the FSF) and possibly other freedom-respecting 3D printers
 
* LulzBot AO-100 3D Printer (3D printer certified by the FSF) and possibly other freedom-respecting 3D printers
 
* Computers with Trisquel preinstalled from http://www.gnu.org/links/companies.html
 
* Computers with Trisquel preinstalled from http://www.gnu.org/links/companies.html
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* Devices with free OSs preinstalled from http://swappa.com/
 
* Devices with free OSs preinstalled from http://swappa.com/
 
* If you can't find a device with a free OS preinstalled, get one and install the OS yourself, then give it to your friend. This makes an even better present than something you paid for but didn't work on.
 
* If you can't find a device with a free OS preinstalled, get one and install the OS yourself, then give it to your friend. This makes an even better present than something you paid for but didn't work on.
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'''Other'''
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* FSF membership dues for a friend (include the LibrePlanet conference logo in this bc members get to attend LP gratis)
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* Donations to the FSF or free software development projects in friend's names
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* Gifts from the shop.fsf.org
 
* Give your friend a homemade coupon promising to set up their computer with a free GNU/Linux distribution, help them learn to use it and help them maintain it.
 
* Give your friend a homemade coupon promising to set up their computer with a free GNU/Linux distribution, help them learn to use it and help them maintain it.
 
* Clothes from this http://www.freewear.org/ . You'd have to mention that freewear donates some money to the FSF.
 
* Clothes from this http://www.freewear.org/ . You'd have to mention that freewear donates some money to the FSF.
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* DRM-free ebooks, including books about free software
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'''Singletons: Not That'''
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* Recommending a hosting service that respects people's freedom to be in control of their machine
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* Microsoft Surface
 
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* iPhone
 
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* Kindle
 
  
 
== Similar guides and other resources for inspiration ==
 
== Similar guides and other resources for inspiration ==

Revision as of 19:41, 27 November 2012

Buy this, not that.

Note: This page is not the guide; it is for giving recommendations of products we should consider for the guide. The items listed here should not be taken as FSF recommendations.

The FSF is working on a giving guide with recommendations of products that respect your freedom. We plan for the guide to cover audio, video and ebooks as well as computers, consumer electronics and software. To get all this information together, we need your help. This group is a place for you to provide your ideas for the buying guide.

Part of the guide is already completed and you can see it at fsf.org/givingguide. Some of the products in the guide will be listed with a ">" symbol showing that one is better for your freedom than the another more common product which people are likely to consider buying. It's fine to put recommendations in this group without a "lesser" product to go along with them, but if you can think of one, please mention it.

Thanks for helping your fellow FSF members make ethical choices this holiday season. Happy holidays!

Guidelines

  • Make a new category if necessary, but please check existing ones first
  • Provide links to detailed descriptions ofthe products when possible.
  • If it's not obvious, provide an explanation of why you chose the product(s) for the section you put it/them into.
  • For "greater than" pairs, the items should be relatively interchangeable as far as functionality is concerned.

Ideas

Software

Hardware

  • Devices from h-node
  • LulzBot AO-100 3D Printer (3D printer certified by the FSF) and possibly other freedom-respecting 3D printers
  • Computers with Trisquel preinstalled from http://www.gnu.org/links/companies.html
  • Any source for phones and tablets with Replicant preinstalled?
  • Devices with free OSs preinstalled from http://swappa.com/
  • If you can't find a device with a free OS preinstalled, get one and install the OS yourself, then give it to your friend. This makes an even better present than something you paid for but didn't work on.

Other

  • FSF membership dues for a friend (include the LibrePlanet conference logo in this bc members get to attend LP gratis)
  • Donations to the FSF or free software development projects in friend's names
  • Gifts from the shop.fsf.org
  • Give your friend a homemade coupon promising to set up their computer with a free GNU/Linux distribution, help them learn to use it and help them maintain it.
  • Clothes from this http://www.freewear.org/ . You'd have to mention that freewear donates some money to the FSF.
  • DRM-free ebooks, including books about free software
  • Recommending a hosting service that respects people's freedom to be in control of their machine

Similar guides and other resources for inspiration

"issue" is not in the list (interest, location, project, school) of allowed values for the "Organized around" property.

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