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Use these resources to find the free software you need, promote the free software you like, and explain to everyone you know why it's essential to use and support free software.
Resources for using free software
Free Software Directory
searchable directory of over 17,000 free software packages
Free GNU/Linux distributions
Full operating systems that are recommended by the FSF
because they are exclusively free software.
Hardware that supports free software
Get information about hardware support for free software.
Knowing which hardware devices support GNU/Linux is important not only for practical reasons — you want your hardware to work with the software that you want to use — but also for ethical and political reasons.
Service Directory
A directory of
people offering their free software services
for hire.
LibrePlanet Wiki
The LibrePlanet project
is a global network of free software activists and teams working together to help further the ideals of software freedom by advocating and contributing to free software.
Free software webmail systems
Get started with
free software webmail systems
PDF readers
Find out about
free software replacements for Adobe Reader
GNU Licenses
Full copies of all the GNU licenses and related resources
, including FAQs and how-tos.
Resources for promoting free software
Mailing lists
Join FSF public mailing lists
for discussion and announcement of free software.
Free software advocacy materials
Handouts and graphics
that might be helpful to you when speaking to people about free software.
Audio and video
Our
User Liberation video
offers a beautifully animated introduction to the cause of computer user freedom.
A series of animated videos
was created to support FSF campaigns touching on a range of issues that fall within the FSF's mission.
At the FSF's 30th anniversary party, we interviewed free software users. The resulting video,
What's Your Free Software Story?
examines just some of the many reasons why people love to use free software.
The Free Software Foundation hosts many more videos and photos on its
GNU MediaGoblin instance.
Richard Stallman's TEDx talk
"Introduction to Free Software and the Liberation of Cyberspace"
provides an easy-to-follow explanation of free software, and the slides are available for you to give your own presentation.
Many more audio and video recordings about GNU and free software
Badges to share and embed
These
beautiful badges
are part of our evergreen collection of visual communication tools about free software. They're perfect for sharing on social media or embedding on your Web site or blog.
FSF history timeline
An
elaborate timeline
logging all important FSF milestones of the past thirty-five years. All of these pages have links that will lead you deeper down the rabbit hole of increasing your knowledge on the historical work of the FSF and the wider free software movement.
Testimonials
Community reports of successful free software usage
from all areas of computing.
GNU Speakers
People who can
speak about GNU and free software
at your event.
Other free software resources
Jobs in Free Software
Job advertisements
of interest to free software supporters.
GNU.org link list
Links to
a variety of other free software resources
Proprietary software information
Proprietary software, nonfree software, is software that doesn't respect users' freedom and community.
about why you should avoid proprietary software.
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