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I didn’t realize it had a hardwire switch for the webcam, that’s a nice feature they could put on the front page. I see it now on their “learn more” page. It w

I didn’t realize it had a hardwire switch for the webcam, that’s a nice feature they could put on the front page. I see it now on their “learn more” page. It would be nice if the expansion cards came with a plastic cap to protect the usb c plug, I wouldn’t want to toss the spare hdmi card in my bag as is, but in the spirit of open hardware maybe one will pop up on thigaverse.

nrp 5y ago
Yep! It's a hardware cut-off on both the camera and microphones. For the Expansion Cards, there are some discussions on holders for them as well as 3D printed designs from the community: https://community.frame.work/t/expansion-card-carrying-case/5432 https://community.frame.work/t/expansion-card-carrying-case/...
yourapostasy 5y ago
> It would be nice if the expansion cards came with a plastic cap to protect the usb c plug,... Have your pick of these [1]. There are expansion card holders/cases, which might also be an option. I'm evaluating reports of Framework+Linux-distros' sleep/wake/hibernate impacts upon video resolution switching, WiFi stability, and trackpad stability, to determine when to pull the trigger on purchasing a fully tricked-out model. I can afford to run an Apple M-class laptop (holding out for next batch) and a Framework at the same time, and make the effort to transition off the macOS ecosystem (any consumer-grade and office apps I want not available on Linux, I'm happy to run under Windows within Linux). The straw that broke my camel's back was the latest macOS update that deleted all Safari tabs. Around the same time, iOS update did something similar: deleted all back history on all Safari tabs. After the many other problems I put up with in macOS, I figured if I'm going to be spelunking around the system to fix Apple software problems as frequently as I have found myself doing in the past decade, I might as well work with others on the source, as Linux is getting awfully close to "good enough" quality these days for my daily driver, at least enough for me to give it a fair shot with sustained effort on peer hardware as my Apple gear. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Athingiverse.com+usb+c+cap https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Athingiverse.com+usb+c...

nrp 5y ago

Yep! It's a hardware cut-off on both the camera and microphones. For the Expansion Cards, there are some discussions on holders for them as well as 3D printed designs from the community: https://community.frame.work/t/expansion-card-carrying-case/5432 https://community.frame.work/t/expansion-card-carrying-case/...

yourapostasy 5y ago

> It would be nice if the expansion cards came with a plastic cap to protect the usb c plug,... Have your pick of these [1]. There are expansion card holders/cases, which might also be an option. I'm evaluating reports of Framework+Linux-distros' sleep/wake/hibernate impacts upon video resolution switching, WiFi stability, and trackpad stability, to determine when to pull the trigger on purchasing a fully tricked-out model. I can afford to run an Apple M-class laptop (holding out for next batch) and a Framework at the same time, and make the effort to transition off the macOS ecosystem (any consumer-grade and office apps I want not available on Linux, I'm happy to run under Windows within Linux). The straw that broke my camel's back was the latest macOS update that deleted all Safari tabs. Around the same time, iOS update did something similar: deleted all back history on all Safari tabs. After the many other problems I put up with in macOS, I figured if I'm going to be spelunking around the system to fix Apple software problems as frequently as I have found myself doing in the past decade, I might as well work with others on the source, as Linux is getting awfully close to "good enough" quality these days for my daily driver, at least enough for me to give it a fair shot with sustained effort on peer hardware as my Apple gear. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Athingiverse.com+usb+c+cap https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Athingiverse.com+usb+c...