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I'm thinking of getting one of these: https://frame.work/ https://frame.work/ Any people here with experience with one?

by sjaak 5y ago

yashasolutions 5y ago
this one looks terrific! I saw the review made by Linus : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rkTgPt3M4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rkTgPt3M4k - totally got me convinced. I left Apple to System76 2 years ago, but that'd likely be my choice if I'd be doing this today...
- rkangel 5y ago
  I was waiting to read a trustworthy review, so just watched the video. Glad to hear that it's pretty good. Build quality was what I was worried about but it sounds generally good. My only other question is Linux driver support. There was a brief mention about fingerprint scanner in Linux, but I really appreciate that Thinkpads under something like Fedora just work out of the box. Hopefully Framework will have similar support - it seems like the sort of laptop linux hackers would like to be using!
  - nrp 5y ago
    The latest Fedora 34 respins (and soon Fedora 35) work out of the box with everything including the fingerprint reader. Ubuntu 21.04 supports everything but the fingerprint reader, which needs libfprint 1.92.0. There is a pretty active community of Framework Laptop users now providing tips on how to set up different distros: https://community.frame.work/c/diy-edition/linux/91 https://community.frame.work/c/diy-edition/linux/91
rPlayer6554 5y ago
If you look up the Linus tech tips review, he gave it a stunning review.
rgrmrts 5y ago
I ordered one, currently on a 2019 16” MacBook Pro. I just got an email saying they’ll start shipping my batch soon so I’m very excited. My plan is to use it as my daily-non-work development computer. I just started playing around with NixOS on the server side and will likely use NixOS on my Framework laptop. It’s an exciting concept and appears to be well executed. I’ll reserve full judgement til I’ve used it for a while.
cfeduke 5y ago
I had tried configuring one a couple of weeks ago, but the website was having problems. I haven't owned a PC laptop in several years - the last one I tried was a System76 with an abysmal keyboard. Turns out I need to type to have a functional laptop! I ordered one of these Framework machines today, should ship in September. Seems promising. I am hoping that things just work after I install Linux on it and I can get down to writing code with minimal setup and configuration.
- alpaca128 5y ago
  > I am hoping that things just work after I install Linux on it Apparently Linux runs everything out of the box except the fingerprint reader. It's still unknown whether there'll be an official fix and when.

I'm thinking of getting one of these: https://frame.work/ https://frame.work/ Any people here with experience with one?

by sjaak 5y ago

I'm thinking of getting one of these: https://frame.work/ https://frame.work/ Any people here with experience with one?

this one looks terrific! I saw the review made by Linus : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rkTgPt3M4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rkTgPt3M4k - totally got me convinced. I left Apple to System76 2 years ago, but that'd likely be my choice if I'd be doing this today...

rkangel 5y ago
I was waiting to read a trustworthy review, so just watched the video. Glad to hear that it's pretty good. Build quality was what I was worried about but it sounds generally good. My only other question is Linux driver support. There was a brief mention about fingerprint scanner in Linux, but I really appreciate that Thinkpads under something like Fedora just work out of the box. Hopefully Framework will have similar support - it seems like the sort of laptop linux hackers would like to be using!
- nrp 5y ago
  The latest Fedora 34 respins (and soon Fedora 35) work out of the box with everything including the fingerprint reader. Ubuntu 21.04 supports everything but the fingerprint reader, which needs libfprint 1.92.0. There is a pretty active community of Framework Laptop users now providing tips on how to set up different distros: https://community.frame.work/c/diy-edition/linux/91 https://community.frame.work/c/diy-edition/linux/91

rPlayer6554 5y ago

If you look up the Linus tech tips review, he gave it a stunning review.

rgrmrts 5y ago

I ordered one, currently on a 2019 16” MacBook Pro. I just got an email saying they’ll start shipping my batch soon so I’m very excited. My plan is to use it as my daily-non-work development computer. I just started playing around with NixOS on the server side and will likely use NixOS on my Framework laptop. It’s an exciting concept and appears to be well executed. I’ll reserve full judgement til I’ve used it for a while.

cfeduke 5y ago

I had tried configuring one a couple of weeks ago, but the website was having problems. I haven't owned a PC laptop in several years - the last one I tried was a System76 with an abysmal keyboard. Turns out I need to type to have a functional laptop! I ordered one of these Framework machines today, should ship in September. Seems promising. I am hoping that things just work after I install Linux on it and I can get down to writing code with minimal setup and configuration.

alpaca128 5y ago
> I am hoping that things just work after I install Linux on it Apparently Linux runs everything out of the box except the fingerprint reader. It's still unknown whether there'll be an official fix and when.