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> complaining about issues with Linux, not actually about the Framework laptop If Linux distributions advertised as working out of the box by developers of Fra

> complaining about issues with Linux, not actually about the Framework laptop If Linux distributions advertised as working out of the box by developers of Framework don't work as advertised... is it only about Linux, or is it about Framework Laptop, too? Are there other operating systems that can run on it? And the author does mention scouring Framework Laptop forums for answers to his problems and finding people reporting the same issues.

viraptor 5y ago
We never learned from the post if the touchpad issue was system related or hardware. Same for the brightness adjustment. > Are there other operating systems that can run on it? All the standard ones. Windows too.
- aunty_helen 5y ago
  The touchpad issue is multiplatform from what I've gathered on the Framework forums. Unfortunately I can't test this on windows, as I mentioned, this is a work tool for me so just torrenting a windows iso isn't an option and I don't want to pay out 190USD to test something that may or may not be dependent on the OS. Windows also isn't an option as it's not suitable for the development that I do. So any of the problems that I encounter on linux that aren't supported ultimately become a mute point as I can't switch. Given that Framework support Fedora and aren't a Windows only laptop, I would ask you this, what is a laptop but the hardware and software it runs? They've been working with Fedora to get things right, but they still have more work to do as per the post and my explanatory comments here. Brightness adjustment I just disabled, literally not going to spend any more time on that as it would be disabled anyway.
  - viraptor 5y ago
    > and I don't want to pay out 190USD to test Windows can be downloaded and installed for free these days. You've got a month for activation. Regardless of the opinion on systems, I was interested whether the touchpad issues are going to be fixed with time on this model (software problem), or not (hardware problem).

viraptor 5y ago

We never learned from the post if the touchpad issue was system related or hardware. Same for the brightness adjustment. > Are there other operating systems that can run on it? All the standard ones. Windows too.

aunty_helen 5y ago
The touchpad issue is multiplatform from what I've gathered on the Framework forums. Unfortunately I can't test this on windows, as I mentioned, this is a work tool for me so just torrenting a windows iso isn't an option and I don't want to pay out 190USD to test something that may or may not be dependent on the OS. Windows also isn't an option as it's not suitable for the development that I do. So any of the problems that I encounter on linux that aren't supported ultimately become a mute point as I can't switch. Given that Framework support Fedora and aren't a Windows only laptop, I would ask you this, what is a laptop but the hardware and software it runs? They've been working with Fedora to get things right, but they still have more work to do as per the post and my explanatory comments here. Brightness adjustment I just disabled, literally not going to spend any more time on that as it would be disabled anyway.
- viraptor 5y ago
  > and I don't want to pay out 190USD to test Windows can be downloaded and installed for free these days. You've got a month for activation. Regardless of the opinion on systems, I was interested whether the touchpad issues are going to be fixed with time on this model (software problem), or not (hardware problem).