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Re: Framework Laptop 13 Pro

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Post by bigyabai » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC

awongh wrote: post #301

bigyabai wrote: post #295

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> How is ubuntu support for touchscreens these days? GNOME supports multitouch gestures, and the GTK4 toolkit is overall very touch-native. It strikes a nice balance between overpadded and touch-accessible, IMO: https://www.gnome.org/ (some of the newer Libadwaita widgets that GNOME is using: https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libadwaita/doc/main/wid... ) > How does it compare to an ipad in terms of fidelity / resp…

> GNOME supports I've heard that there's *support* -but is the experience of having a touchscreen on an ubuntu device actually usable and good? For example some random GUI app you're likely to use on ubuntu is the experience not broken? I guess Chrome is the first thing that comes to mind.

My only issue with Chrome on touchscreen was the lack of 1:1 scroll/zoom gestures. As a Firefox user it was something that I got used to, but I just updated Chromium and apparently that's been fixed now too.

Besides that, it all works about as well as you'd expect it to. You can drag the window around by the tab bar and tap-and-hold to pull up a context menu.

Re: Framework Laptop 13 Pro

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Post by speedgoose » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC

loloquwowndueo wrote: post #283

speedgoose wrote: post #262

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Developing applications for touch devices is much nicer on a laptop with a touchscreen.

It’s not something I do. Hence - can I have one without a touchscreen?

I guess not. A touchscreen is cheap anyway, compared to many other components.

Re: Framework Laptop 13 Pro

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Post by cge » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC

ilaksh wrote: post #290

nrp wrote: post #91

I’m happy to answer questions folks have around the product (later today).

Has anyone tried Qwen 3.6 35B A3B on the 370 version with plenty of ram and if so what's the best tokens per second you can get, with the ideal quant, like maybe the U GGUF at 4 bit

Q4_K_S Qwen3.5 30B-A3B runs at around 29 t/s for me on the 370 version with 64 GB of RAM, running llama.cpp without any tweaking. I haven't tried Qwen3.6 yet, but could download it tomorrow; since I have a 128GB FW Desktop at home, I tend to use that remotely rather than my laptop directly, which preserves my battery.

Re: Framework Laptop 13 Pro

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Post by amelius » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC

simonjgreen wrote: post #73

amelius wrote: post #72

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Yes, saying you will do X and then doing X is more impressive than just doing X.

Isn't it sad that we are surrounded by so many broken promises that that is remarkable

No, the statement is universal.

Re: Framework Laptop 13 Pro

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Post by erichocean » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC

I wish they offered a Dvorak keyboard. Of all laptops, this is the most obvious one to do it.

Re: Framework Laptop 13 Pro

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Post by Elixir6419 » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC

I would love to go framework and the specs here look pretty awesome but 5g modem is a must have for me and they dont really have an option for that. I am guessing due to the antennas.

Re: Framework Laptop 13 Pro

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Post by the_arun » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC

Macbook Pro 14" with M5, 32GB RAM, 1TB HDD = $2,099.00

Framework Pro 13" DIY AMD Ryzen 7 350, 32GB RAM, 1TB HDD = $2,049.00

Framework Pro 13" Pre-Built AMD Ryzen 7 350, 32GB RAM, 1TB HDD = $2,059.00

Re: Framework Laptop 13 Pro

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Post by 0xc133 » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC

Agingcoder wrote: post #142

nrp wrote: post #91

I’m happy to answer questions folks have around the product (later today).

This looks suspiciously like something I could buy : a lightweight well made Linux laptop, with long battery life. I currently use a MacBook and won’t get near a windows machine. Two questions 1/ will there be a 15 inches version ? ( I’m not getting any younger I like bigger screens ) 2/ software-wise how reliable are the suspend/resume and all the laptop features ? I’ve been using Linux for about 30y and to me this…

I’m not @nrp but I think I can safely answer this one:

> 1/ will there be a 15 inches version ? ( I’m not getting any younger I like bigger screens )

They make a Framework 16, so a Framework 16 Pro now suddenly seems like a possibility, but I don’t think they’re going to make a 15-inch when they have the 16.

Re: Framework Laptop 13 Pro

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Post by rick_dalton » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC

12_throw_away wrote: post #285

Sephr wrote: post #103

My main gripes: - There's zero mention of the display technology, just "2.8K Touchscreen Display" - The optional HDMI ("3rd Gen") adapter is only 4K 60hz, when the host chip has integrated Thunderbolt 4 which can output 4K 240Hz

In the announcement video, he says the display is "LTPS LCD" (I don't actually know if that's good or not)

They would have definitely advertised if it was something special like mini-LED but it seems to be a pretty standard display.

Re: Framework Laptop 13 Pro

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Post by aljgz » Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC

lynndotpy wrote: post #205

unclad5968 wrote: post #48

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Isnt that the entire value proposition of the company?

It's kind of mind boggling to me that they have a tight chassis, AND it meets their buildable/ugpradeable/repairable goals, AND their backwards compatibility is reaching back five years now. I think a number of people would have expected these to eventually require a trade-off. Especially coming from pc-building land, where we see new non-backwards-compatible CPU and RAM sockets every 6 or so years. There's a version…

Even more impressive than going back 5 years is going back all the way to the first version. While I'm a software engineer, I've worked in teams where we shipped hardware, and for a consumer product with lots of constraints including implicit expectations, going against the entire trend of the past 15 years and targeting a hard-to satisfy market segment, they far exceeded what I expected when they announced their first product.