Group: Buying Guide 2012
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| − | [[File:BuyThisNotThat.bmp|150px|right|alt=Buy this, not that.|Buy this, not that.]]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 (" | + | [[File:BuyThisNotThat.bmp|150px|right|alt=Buy this, not that.|Buy this, not that.]]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"). |
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 recommened products with similar products that are not recommended, and one for each type of product by itself. | 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 recommened products with similar products that are not recommended, and one for each type of product by itself. | ||
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== Ideas == | == Ideas == | ||
| − | '''Pairs: | + | '''Pairs: Buy This, Not That''' |
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| − | '''Singletons: | + | '''Singletons: Buy This''' |
* Donations to the FSF or free software development projects in friend's names | * Donations to the FSF or free software development projects in friend's names | ||
* Gifts from the shop.fsf.org | * Gifts from the shop.fsf.org | ||
Revision as of 16:33, 7 November 2012
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").
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 recommened products with similar products that are not recommended, and one for each type of product by itself.
Thanks for helping your fellow FSF members make ethical choices this holiday season. Happy holidays!
Guidelines
- For pairs, the items should be relatively interchangeable as far as functionality is concerned.
- If it's not obvious, provide an explanation of why you chose the product(s) for the section you put it/them into.
- Provide links to detailed descriptions of the products when possible.
Ideas
Pairs: Buy This, Not That
Singletons: Buy This
- Donations to the FSF or free software development projects in friend's names
- Gifts from the shop.fsf.org
- DRM-free ebooks
- Any source for computers with Trisquel preinstalled?
- Any source for phones and tablets with CyanogenMod 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.
Singletons: Not That
- Microsoft Surface
- iPhone
- Kindle
Similar guides for inspiration
- http://blog.makezine.com/2008/02/29/the-open-source-gift-guid/
- http://www.defectivebydesign.org/holiday
- http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Printer_buying_guide
"issue" is not in the list (interest, location, project, school) of allowed values for the "Organized around" property.
