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Re: The Frame.work Marketplace Opened

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Post by sylens »

terafo wrote: post #79
sylens wrote: post #63

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I believe they recently got more funding to expand operations because Linus from LTT said he was personally investing in them. That makes me feel a little bit better about waiting for a 14" form factor and/or an AMD chip

> I believe they recently got more funding to expand operations because Linus from LTT said he was personally investing in them. That makes me feel a little bit better about waiting for a 14" form factor and/or an AMD chip IIRC he wasn't even a main investor and his investment was around 200k, which isn't that much.

Yeah, I didn't mean to insinuate that he was personally keeping them afloat - but if they were taking on funding to expand their operations, I have a feeling they'll be around for a few years at least.

Re: The Frame.work Marketplace Opened

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Post by tossstone »

jagger27 wrote: post #53
alshel wrote: post #11

Those storage expansion cards are so awesome.

Is it possible to replace the drive inside of the enclosure or is it proprietary? I wonder if it’s just an M.2 adapter to USB.

The cards are pretty small so I doubt there's enough space for an m.2. I would guess proprietary

Re: The Frame.work Marketplace Opened

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Post by killingtime74 »

LilBytes wrote: post #124
killingtime74 wrote: post #109

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I'm in Aus, why wait, why not use a freight forwarder? They aren’t offering local warranty anyway

Wait, how do you mean they're not offering local warranty? If we purchased one through a forwarder, we'd be able to RMA individual parts still? Or not?

their current customers have to RMA back to US right? not to some Australian distributor

Re: The Frame.work Marketplace Opened

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Post by jagger27 »

tossstone wrote: post #144
jagger27 wrote: post #53

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Is it possible to replace the drive inside of the enclosure or is it proprietary? I wonder if it’s just an M.2 adapter to USB.

The cards are pretty small so I doubt there's enough space for an m.2. I would guess proprietary

Yeah they’re not quite long enough as it turns out, although a different module could stick out if you really wanted it to.

It is indeed proprietary, but I think they share the design resources for it.

https://community.frame.work/t/storage-expansion-cards/154

Re: The Frame.work Marketplace Opened

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Post by lights0123 »

southerntofu wrote: post #131
StoneTable wrote: post #40

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Coreboot is something they want to do, and are hiring for: https://jobs.lever.co/framework/af82bd1b-7ebd-46da-8ae4-7dab... As for Linux support, it's already there. There are papercuts, like needing a fairly recent kernel and certain packages (for the fingerprint reader), but it works fine, by all accounts. I'm expecting my DIY edition to ship in the next week or so, and I'll be running Linux on it full-time.

> (for the fingerprint reader) Wait, Framework has a fingerprint reader? Hope it's not built-in. That's a strong security anti-feature to have in an otherwise good-looking laptop.

It's on the power button, but there's no need to use it if you don't want it.

Re: The Frame.work Marketplace Opened

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Post by stormbrew »

kitsunesoba wrote: post #69
stormbrew wrote: post #7

I really hope they add a keyboard with better arrow key/home/end/pgup/pgdn keys at some point. This is literally one of the most important factors for me in a laptop because I hate the way most laptops do them.

If they release CAD files for the laptop enclosure and pinouts for the keyboard ribbon cable, one could theoretically 3D print or CNC an alternate top cover that can accommodate a keyboard with the desired layout, such as those of old ThinkPads and Latitudes/Precisions.

It seems like releasing specs to build your own parts are part of the intended plans from frame.work and I really hope they live up to those expectations. There's a real possibility of effectively an "ATX for laptops" evolving out of this imo.

Obviously there's a lot of danger to their own business model if things go that way, as there was for IBM back in the day. I want to believe they are aware of and ok with that though.

Re: The Frame.work Marketplace Opened

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Post by ayushnix »

throwawaycuriou wrote: post #132
ayushnix wrote: post #122

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> I've been rocking a DIY edition running Manjaro Sway community edition. Have you enabled fractional scaling on your DIY? How well do applications work? Firefox, for example, goes haywire and its popup menus start flickering as soon as fractional scaling is enabled.

My sway config has `output eDP-1 scale 1.25`. I started out with 1.5 liked it but eventually felt text still a little too large. At 1.25 I am finding I need to bump font size up with some sites. I've not seen tearing or any other graphical artifacts in any applications. I use fusuma for gestures. Had to change BAT0 to BAT1 in waybar config to get the battery to show up. Had to install Intel's WiFi drivers, probably b…

> My sway config has `output eDP-1 scale 1.25`. I started out with 1.5 liked it but eventually felt text still a little too large. At 1.25 I am finding I need to bump font size up with some sites. I've not seen tearing or any other graphical artifacts in any applications.

The last time I enabled fractional scaling in Sway, I quit using Sway and Wayland in frustration and moved back to i3. Firefox, and many other applications, just don't behave appropriately when scaling (integer or fractional) is enabled. There are also bugs open on the Sway github issue tracker for this so it's not like this issue is restricted to just me.

So it's best to have a laptop which needs either 100% scaling or 200% scaling, nothing in between.

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