Nothing against the Framework (it'll likely be my next laptop) but there are plenty of other good Linux options as well now (in general, I don't think Thinkpads

Nothing against the Framework (it'll likely be my next laptop) but there are plenty of other good Linux options as well now (in general, I don't think Thinkpads have been very good for a while since their battery and keyboards have gotten so much worse and they've switched to partially or fully soldered RAM on most models). There's the HP Dev One if you need a trackpoint, System76 and Star Labs with coreboot, Tuxedo or Slimbook for some really compellingly specced options (the Pulse 15 Gen2 and Slimbook Executive 14 both hit a lot of high-points for iGPU-only computing IMO).