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Framework Raises $18M Series A

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Re: Framework Raises $18M Series A

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Post by dncornholio »

berkes wrote: post #128
dncornholio wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What if I'm in France but speak English? It won't let us switch language / region separately. This is what I meant

I'm not dismissing the issue you encounter: it is stupid and ugly. I'm merely pointing out that your analysis of why it happens, is lacking. It reminds me of customers who submit a feature-request or issue in the form of a concrete solution, rather than a good description of the problem they encounter. "I want a dropdown with flags to switch to another language" vs "I cannot switch languages". The latter presumes not…

I might have been a bit snarky? I skipped all the compliments and went straight to the point, but that's just me. All the information is there to reproduce the first issue, showing the wrong language in the wrong country.

My second statement wasn't a technical analysis but a principle one. One should not assume someone speaks the language of the country he or she is in. Plus, sometimes a country speaks more than 1 language.

Re: Framework Raises $18M Series A

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Post by aidenn0 »

DerArzt wrote: post #116
aidenn0 wrote: post #64

Ever since the framework came out, I've been half-hoping for my laptop to die. It really is like someone made exactly the laptop I want, but I really don't need a new laptop at this point, and I tend to use laptops for 5-10 years. Here's hoping that Framework is still around say 2-7 years from now!

I am in a similar situation. I would love to purchase one, but my current laptop works fine and I don't need to make more e-waste due to cool new shiny thing! But they will stay on my mind.

I suppose that's a disadvantage peculiar to manufacturers targeting reduced waste: their customers aren't going to upgrade as often...

Re: Framework Raises $18M Series A

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Post by yencabulator »

Freaken wrote: post #85
geoffeg wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've come very close to buying a Framework laptop a few times, but I'd only want to run Linux on it and wasn't sure how well it was supported. How are things like wifi, sleep and battery life under Linux?

I'm running Xubuntu on mine and it works fine. Battery life goes down pretty quick when sleeping, and battery life is definitely lower than Windows, but I can still get 4-5 hours of actual work on it.

This may help:

  mem_sleep_default=deep
https://community.frame.work/t/ubuntu-21-04-on-the-framework...

Re: Framework Raises $18M Series A

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Post by yencabulator »

rcthompson wrote: post #114
krasin wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you for adding these details. My current Linux laptop (released in 2015) can sleep for about week, resume in 3-4 seconds. Am I reading your comment correctly that buying a Framework would degrade my user experience?

Yes, at least from what I've experienced, you can have "resume in 2 seconds" or "sleep for a week" but not both. (S0ix and S3 respectively) To be fair, I don't think this is Framework's fault. My understanding is that this is a limitation of the current generation of Intel CPUs, so pretty much any current-gen Intel-based computer will have the same issue.

> you can have "resume in 2 seconds" or "sleep for a week" but not both. (S0ix and S3 respectively)

The way Windows laptops do this is to go from light sleep to deep sleep after being idle for a long period. You should be able to pull off the same trick in Linux.

Re: Framework Raises $18M Series A

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Post by chana_masala »

torginus wrote: post #33
popol12 wrote: post #16

It would be amazing if they could also sell repairable household electrical goods like washing machine, dishwasher, etc - in the future. These are plagued by planed obsolescence. I would totally pay for repairable ones even with a premium. Imagine a dishwasher that you can hack and program yourself :D

Why do you think these are not repairable? More often than not, these things use PCBs that have been manufactured for decades, with multiple manufacturers often using the same designs. I've just repaired the power supply of my fridge, but if I wanted to, I could've bought a compressor for it, either new or refurb. Imo the main issue, is that these things are so cheap that replacement is cheaper than repair labor + co…

Well, repairable is a spectrum and for someone inexperienced it sounds quite daunting to repair their fridge's power supply. However the repairability that e.g. a Framework laptop has (swapping out new parts) is much simpler and requires little expertise.

Re: Framework Raises $18M Series A

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Post by ChuckNorris89 »

pkulak wrote: post #110
geoffeg wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've come very close to buying a Framework laptop a few times, but I'd only want to run Linux on it and wasn't sure how well it was supported. How are things like wifi, sleep and battery life under Linux?

I'm still waiting on a display that will 2x nicely. Fractional scaling on Linux is not my idea of a good time. It's crazy, because they only need to add a couple hundred lines of resolution and it would be perfect.

>It's crazy, because they only need to add a couple hundred lines of resolution and it would be perfect.

To be fair, it's not Framework's fault that fractional scaling in Linux is not great.

Re: Framework Raises $18M Series A

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Post by botdan »

deltron3030 wrote: post #6

Is there a miniature ASIO soundcard planned for one of the slots? Not needing to carry an external audio interface around when working within a DAW is a major factor that's keeping me on MacOS (both pro audio and consumer use the same driver there).

They publish the CAD files (both mechanical and electrical) on GitHub with instructions on how to manufacture your own expansion cards. I believe the interface within the expansion cards is just standard USB-C. If someone could manage to squeeze all the necessary components within the physical dimensions, it should be possible to make your own soundcard expansion card.

https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/ExpansionCards

Re: Framework Raises $18M Series A

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Post by rcthompson »

BaseballPhysics wrote: post #134
krasin wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you for adding these details. My current Linux laptop (released in 2015) can sleep for about week, resume in 3-4 seconds. Am I reading your comment correctly that buying a Framework would degrade my user experience?

Yes. This is why I switched to simply hibernating, which has worked flawlessly for me. The shutdown and startup times are obviously a bit longer (it takes 10 seconds to get to the bootloader, after which its about 12 seconds to wake up), but since it's truly off, it can remain asleep indefinitely.

Does it really take only 3 seconds to resume from hibernate? That seems implausibly fast, faster than S3 resume.
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