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Re: NixOS on Framework Laptop

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Post by raihansaputra »

k1rcher wrote: post #28
reginold wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oo how's Pop OS?

So far, incredible! Still setting up my environment, but as far as how it’s running on the Framework, I 100% see myself fully transitioning to it from my MacBook. Desktop wise, I’ve been using PopOS for 7-8 months now, so it’s quite great to have that same setup in a portable fashion now.

How do you deal with the transitiob from MacOS to PopOs? I'm trying to do it, but discouraged from all the small annoying things:

- changing default shortcuts from CMD to CTRL. Is swapping the positions enough?

- Janky scrolling/no inertia ( i'm not on a framework (hp x360 spectre), is the framework better?

- all the small tuning software i have (Karabiner for remapping, Amethyst for tiling, BitBar etc)

- is there a quick look equivalent on PopOs?

Re: NixOS on Framework Laptop

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Post by fartcannon »

EthanHarv wrote: post #84
Waterluvian wrote: post #80

Apologies I’m a bit late to the Framework conversation: Are third parties able to make replacement parts and dongles with Framework’s blessing? Or are they trying to lock in the parts market?

Yep, Framework (as far as I remember) intends to even create a public marketplace for people to sell custom-made addon cards. They have the dimensions on their github and make it pretty easy.

Hopefully not exclusively on their marketplace?

Re: NixOS on Framework Laptop

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Post by rjeli »

nrp wrote: post #65
rjeli wrote: post #2

Nice. Framework is super exciting, but I hope they release more cad files for the laptop so third parties can make e.g. keyboards and motherboards. Would be a bummer if their business model is lock-in on everything but the expansion cards. I’d love to put an underpowered qcom or nxp arm64 chip in and get insane battery life, but that doesn’t seem likely for a while since it needs 4x usb4 :/. Even the Xavier nx SoM on…

We started with Expansion Cards because they are they simplest both for us to release a documentation package around and for a third party to develop. We will be expanding out from there though.

awesome!!

Re: NixOS on Framework Laptop

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Post by pxc »

fartcannon wrote: post #119
v8z7CD3ts5wFq8 wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How’s the trackpad? How does it compare to a MacBook? I can’t find a non apple laptop that comes even close in terms of high sensitivity, yet amazing palm typing reject, and multi finger gestures that work in almost every context.

To me, Macbooks have the worst trackpad 'feel' so hopefully it's nothing like that.

I imagine the part you don't like must be the acceleration curve, which is generally adjustable on Linux

Re: NixOS on Framework Laptop

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Post by bschwindHN »

fartcannon wrote: post #119
v8z7CD3ts5wFq8 wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How’s the trackpad? How does it compare to a MacBook? I can’t find a non apple laptop that comes even close in terms of high sensitivity, yet amazing palm typing reject, and multi finger gestures that work in almost every context.

To me, Macbooks have the worst trackpad 'feel' so hopefully it's nothing like that.

You're definitely in the minority, macbook trackpads are widely accepted as the best ones currently out there.

Some good discussion on this:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19485178

Re: NixOS on Framework Laptop

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Post by NewJazz »

md8z wrote: post #95
b9be520d93286 wrote: post #46

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I would prefer OpenRC, runit or something similar.

Those would probably be not so great matches for NixOS because they don't support the container stuff that systemd does, you would be throwing all that out.

Some people don't care. Some people want their boot ordering software and container runtime software to live in different code bases.

Re: NixOS on Framework Laptop

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Post by keawade »

raihansaputra wrote: post #121
k1rcher wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So far, incredible! Still setting up my environment, but as far as how it’s running on the Framework, I 100% see myself fully transitioning to it from my MacBook. Desktop wise, I’ve been using PopOS for 7-8 months now, so it’s quite great to have that same setup in a portable fashion now.

How do you deal with the transitiob from MacOS to PopOs? I'm trying to do it, but discouraged from all the small annoying things: - changing default shortcuts from CMD to CTRL. Is swapping the positions enough? - Janky scrolling/no inertia ( i'm not on a framework (hp x360 spectre), is the framework better? - all the small tuning software i have (Karabiner for remapping, Amethyst for tiling, BitBar etc) - is there a…

Check out kinto.sh for the ctrl/cmd remapping.

PopOS has a decent tiling manager built in now. (Icon in top right corner by default) though I should note it isn’t as “hardcore” as classic tiling managers and is instead built primarily for approachability over pure power.

Not exactly sure what you mean but quick look. If you mean spotlight, PopOS has a (imo better) equivalent bound by default to the Super key. If you mean the applications overview, they have that as well by default on a button in the top left of screen. Can also be bound to a shortcut.

Re: NixOS on Framework Laptop

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Post by shp0ngle »

EthanHarv wrote: post #84
Waterluvian wrote: post #80

Apologies I’m a bit late to the Framework conversation: Are third parties able to make replacement parts and dongles with Framework’s blessing? Or are they trying to lock in the parts market?

Yep, Framework (as far as I remember) intends to even create a public marketplace for people to sell custom-made addon cards. They have the dimensions on their github and make it pretty easy.

They already launched the marketplace, and … it’s just e-shop of their own cards.

Re: NixOS on Framework Laptop

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Post by md8z »

NewJazz wrote: post #126
md8z wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those would probably be not so great matches for NixOS because they don't support the container stuff that systemd does, you would be throwing all that out.

Some people don't care. Some people want their boot ordering software and container runtime software to live in different code bases.

With cgroupsv2 there seems to be very little benefit to doing that since the container runtime needs to sit at the top of the process tree anyway, so I'm not sure I understand what the purpose of that would be or why you would want that. If you were using containers to run services then I can't really think of a situation where you wouldn't also want it as part of the boot ordering process, so your services will just have it working immediately upon boot.

Re: NixOS on Framework Laptop

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Post by bananamerica »

Apaec wrote: post #117
Aeolun wrote: post #104

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Huh. I had the opposite. I never wonder what’s on my PC. If I can’t even remember the program exists I clearly don’t need it.

> I never wonder what’s on my PC Then clearly this article is not meant for you? Or maybe this forum altogether?

Come on, don't be harsh...
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