I'm waiting on V2 of the DIY. I want to really get a sense of how upgradeable the laptop is. I hope I don't see "works on V1 not V2" and "works on V2 not V1" on their parts.
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#42Will it ever ship with coreboot and linux support ?
I installed the Fedora 35 beta on my framework laptop, and everything has been working perfectly well for me.
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#43Will it ever ship with coreboot and linux support ?
Running Manjaro KDE on mine. Only issue is typical Linux hibernation drains the battery. Otherwise flawless, fingerprint reader even works with KDE once configured.
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#44I'm hoping by the next time I go laptop shopping that they've released a model with more USB C ports. This is phenomenal work though.
All the expansion bays (4) are already USBC and you don’t need a module for it.
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#45How do I buy one without giving money to Microsoft?
You can do the DIY option and choose no operating system. They're actively working on making it work well with linux: https://frame.work/blog/linux-on-the-framework-laptop
As an anecdotal data point, I installed the Fedora 35 beta on the framework laptop, and it's working very well with no real configuration necessary.
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#46A regular SDCard expansion slot would be nice. My 2013 macbook pro has that, and makes it easy to transfer files from my camera.
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#47If there were a track point keyboard, I don't think I could resist buying this laptop. I would also love a 16 or 18 inch version.
Likewise, I love the idea but there's no way I can do without a pointing stick keyboard. This basically locks me into ThinkPads at the moment.
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
More ports? There are 4 slots and you can put in what you want. If you want all 4 to be USB-C you can have that. Are you looking for more than 4 slots? If that's the case you'll have to wait for different processors. I think the ones they are using only support up to 4 slots.
Personally I'd like more external ports. My current laptop have like 2 usb-c 2 usb-a, 1 HDMI, 1 Ethernet, 1 audio jack and 1sd reader, which I find pretty convenient for most situations. I think the 4 internal ports are more than enough, but sometimes just being able to plug more stuff at the same time is nice. And I would miss Ethernet currently :)
Maybe just one card with multiple ports in it would solve that problem. I get the design decision but using one usb c port to a singular function does feel wasteful, when you can plug a dock in that has three USB 3.0 A ports, USB C passthough, ethernet, HDMI, SD card reader all into a singular USB C port (looking at my $40 laptop dock on my desk currently for how many ports they squeezed into it!)
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Personally I'd like more external ports. My current laptop have like 2 usb-c 2 usb-a, 1 HDMI, 1 Ethernet, 1 audio jack and 1sd reader, which I find pretty convenient for most situations. I think the 4 internal ports are more than enough, but sometimes just being able to plug more stuff at the same time is nice. And I would miss Ethernet currently :)
Maybe just one card with multiple ports in it would solve that problem. I get the design decision but using one usb c port to a singular function does feel wasteful, when you can plug a dock in that has three USB 3.0 A ports, USB C passthough, ethernet, HDMI, SD card reader all into a singular USB C port (looking at my $40 laptop dock on my desk currently for how many ports they squeezed into it!)
Looking though the community mock ups seemly is considerations around display port and PD when making multiple port modules
https://community.frame.work/t/dual-usb-c-expansion-card-moc...
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#50I'm swooning over that back to top button that spins as your scroll and it attempts to match your scroll speed.