Howdy all, Think Penguin <URL:https://www.thinkpenguin.com/> is a computer vendor that stands out for their activism for software freedom. They put pressure on suppliers to ensure all their devices work with entirely-free operating systems.
(To be clear, I have no affiliation with ThinkPenguin other than that they are a free-software friendly vendor which I'm already happy with.) They *can* ship to Australia, but their automated cart doesn't allow calculating the shipping costs. So they require an email conversation with their sales contact. I will be making a new order with them very soon; if anyone wants me to make a request for an item to be included, I can bring it to the following Free Software Melbourne meeting. We can divide the shipping cost from the USA. Items of interest to Free Software Melbourne members include: * A decent notebook computer known to be wholly free-software compatible <URL:https://www.thinkpenguin.com/catalog/notebook-computers-gnu-linux-2>. * If your computer already has a wifi driver with no free firmware or drivers, they can sell a replacement one, easy to install <URL:https://www.thinkpenguin.com/catalog/wireless-networking-gnulinux>. * A USB dongle for BlueTooth, or some other free-software friendly part <URL:https://www.thinkpenguin.com/catalog/accessories-other-products-gnulinux>. Please let me know what you'd like from their catalogue within a few days, as I'm currently engaging with the sales team for my order. I'll let you know how to get the funds to me so I can buy items for us. -- \ “If we ruin the Earth, there is no place else to go. This is | `\ not a disposable world, and we are not yet able to re-engineer | _o__) other planets.” —Carl Sagan, _Cosmos_, 1980 | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/
