How does the Linux community feel about the Framework laptop?
Posted by deleted_by_reddit@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 5 comments
I see the Framework the laptop of the future for Linux users. I believe the company has been great and the compatibility with Linux has been getting better and better. Beside all the great things it brings for repair-ability is this the laptop we've been waiting for?
hojjat12000@reddit
I bought one a few days ago and it will arrive tomorrow. I'm super excited for it.
I've seen people complain about a few little things and some are bugging me. I'm hoping they are not a big deal, but I wouldn't know until I test them myself. Right now I'm afraid of battery life, wobbly lid, bad quality DISPLAY, noisy fan, and being slow (for the price).
Although there is a risk that some of these problems might exist, I still ordered one, because I want the company to succeed and also the laptop has a lot of stuff that I really wanted, such as a display with higher resolution and better aspect ratio, thin and light, repairable, big touchpad, no numpad, usb c charging, hdmi out, at least 2 USB C ports, and a finger print scanner that works on Linux. Mic and camera switches and the open source firmware are bonus points.
Isofruit@reddit
For your anticipation, I can tell you of what I had in terms of experience so far: Average use you'll so far get 5-6 hours out of it realistically. I can't confirm of the wobbly lid, I think that might be either not consistent across units or I just don't notice it much while the laptop is on my lap. The fan is really not a big deal. I have 3 gnome-workspaces open, all with their own firefox instance, discord, signal, running youtube video and a couple vscode editors open, the fan is silent. That fan only starts actually getting audible once your CPU reaches ~60°C and it tends to cool it down pretty quickly. I only reach those temps if I'm actually compiling and re-compiling code over and over again during development. Oh, and during light gaming, then that Fan also definitely gets going.
deleted_by_reddit@reddit (OP)
My MacBook Pro has a wobbly lid. Who would've thought Apple and Framework would have something in common?
M32H9@reddit
can report the macbookpro m1max/pro certainly do not have a wobbly lid...
xoibor@reddit
Can report the MacBook pro M3 max certainly does have a wobbly lid... (It's really bad for a laptop over 3k)