Free your freedom software

Unfortunately, hardware manufacturers have until now relied on close cooperation with proprietary software companies that demanded control over their users. As citizens and as customers, we need to promote our desire for a new class of hardware -- hardware that anyone can support because it respects your freedom. That is why the Free Software Foundation launched this certification program, to find retailers committed to providing users with devices they can truly own.

The RYF certification mark means that these products meet the FSF's standards in regard to users' freedom, control over the product, and privacy. The RYF certification mark means that Libiquity's distribution of this device meets the FSF's standards in regard to users' freedom, control over the product, and privacy. The cost to your productivity, ability to focus, and general well-being can be staggering. Freedom gives you control. Use Freedom to block distractions so you can get your work done.

Block what you want, when you want, and be more productive. Sit down to work knowing you're completely in control of distractions. Start sessions on-the-fly or schedule your Freedom time in advance. There are several available, some for free, some for a donation, some for a more or less reasonable license fee, and some may work better for your application than others.

The choice is yours. The list below is our choice of the available offerings. FreeCap is, as the name suggests, freeware. The author asks for a small donation if you like it. Download FreeCap from the author's download page. We like this best because it's free and easy to use, and it's good enough for many but not all applications.

SocksCap used to be distributed for free non-commercial use by Permeo but is no longer available from their web page. There are loads of copies on the Internet though, just google for "sc32r The latest release is 2. ProxyCap is a highly sophisticated and somewhat difficult to use socksifier.

It comes with a 30 day free trial period. A license costs USD Proxifier is also a very clever piece of software. Testing for 31 days is free, a license costs USD Plus it's also available for Mac OS X. Check it out on the Proxifier home page. The Hummingbird suite contains a socksifier as well. It can be found on the Hummingbird web site. It's free. Download it from Inferno Nettverk's web site or just install it as part of your distribution it's probably called "dante-client".

It can be found on Sourceforge. There is a Mac OS X version as well. We require that you maintain your PC in a safe state, free of viruses, worms and other malware, and ensure that it is not part of a bot net. Or go the whole hog and install a security suite.