Purchasing free-software-friendly hardware
Building a computer from components to support free software is easier than you think!
Many people have complained about the lack of pre-integrated computers running GNU/Linux or the lack of fully free software drivers for important hardware. Ultimately though, it’s up to you, the consumer, both to satisfy your own requirements and to send a message to vendors that supporting free software pays. You can do this fairly easily by integrating your own computer from its major components, and selecting only components that have free software drivers. It’s certainly possible, and even if you’ve never built a computer before, it’s not all that hard!
Integrating computers for free software: some general advice
As a free software user, the chances are you paid very little (possibly even $0.00) for your software, which leaves you with a little more cash to spend on hardware.