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Re: The Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition

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Post by binkHN »

jeffbee wrote: post #167
r-w wrote: post #133

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Interesting. Do we have a concrete reason why, e.g., TLP[0] falls short of the power management features offered on other OSes? [0]: https://linrunner.de/tlp/

One reason is all the binary artifacts are peak-optimized for the platform and this yields significant, often 10-20% lower CPU usage than plain vanilla binaries offered by all other Linux distributions. This includes the kernel, which in ChromeOS is built with LLVM with profile-guided optimization. Faster software translates directly to longer battery life. Every other distribution is years behind Google in terms of…

> Every other distribution is years behind Google in terms of tooling.

Can you expand on this? Perhaps a URL with more detail?

Re: The Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition

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Post by mkozlows »

nrp wrote: post #18
bostonvaulter2 wrote: post #12

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What components from the main Framework laptop are compatible with this version? i.e. keyboard/display

We have compatibility filters in the Marketplace to indicate what is compatible. Technically, every module is compatible, but some will turn it into not a Chromebook. For example, you can drop a regular Framework Laptop Mainboard or Input Cover into it. Keeping it as a Chromebook with ChromeOS, there are specific firmwares required for the Touchpad and Webcam that required us to create variants. The Fingerprint Modul…

Are there any learnings from the touchpad work that will come back to the regular laptop?

Re: The Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition

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Post by staticassertion »

duped wrote: post #83
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #68

This is awesome! I still use my Pixelbook, and I love it, and was always dismayed that it seemed to be yet another great product that Google lost interest in. For folks wondering "who's the market in this?", the Linux container support in ChromeOS is awesome - my Pixelbook was actually a great dev laptop (I ran postgres, VSCode, Node, etc on it), just with age it's lack of upgrades is starting to show. So for me, on…

I think the question is, why ChromeOS instead of a Linux?

I have a whole bunch of reasons.

ChromeOS has a great separation of concerns and isolation of environments. I have my work profile and my personal profile, which are totally separate. I have my browser environment and my dev VM, which are totally separate. Different activities are cleanly partitioned.

This has obvious security benefits but also is just a really nice, simple way to manage the system. I can fuck up a dev VM without impacting anything else, I can click random links on my personal profile without impacting work, etc.

It also just does what I want it to do. I browse the internet, I program. It's good for those things. So... why Linux?

Re: The Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition

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Post by hn_throwaway_99 »

jeffbee wrote: post #153
nightpool wrote: post #147

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I think that makes sense though—partnering with companies like Framework and HP to get the hardware right while refocusing on the software experiencing in-house doesn't mean they don't believe in the market fit for the Pixelbook or the technologies that powered it, it just means that there was enough interest externally that Google doesn't need to take on the hardware complexity/supply chain risk/etc. Partnering with…

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Your comment is exactly the kind of false dichotomy that isn't really helpful in a discussion.
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