Framework announced the Framework 13 Pro including full Linux support right from the beginning.
Some quick information about the Device:
- will use Intel Core Ultra 300 (Panther-Lake)
- updated Battery Design with (up to) 20h Battery life
- custom designed Display Panel with Touch support (keeping the 3:2 aspect ratio)
- LPCAMM2 for upgradable/replacable RAM without compromising on Speed/Low Power of LPDDR5X
- milled Aluminium Unibody chassis
- Full Linux support right from the start (including Firmware update via LVFS, Fingerprint Reader, etc.)
- Haptic Touchpad
- and all the repairability features Framework is known for
You can watch their YouTube Video for a quick summary:
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnOpIQJnYWU
- Invidious: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?__goaway_challenge=js>-refresh&__goaway_id=5a21ef489cbc0e9e48ccded2c92f2b68&__goaway_referer=https%3A%2F%2Finv.nadeko.net%2F&v=GnOpIQJnYWU
I was looking for a new laptop to replace my old Lenovo Yoga 370 and initially disregarded the Framework 13 because of some downsides (low Battery Life, bad Camera, etc.) and was looking to go with one of the following devices:
- HP Elitebook X g1a
- the new Dell XPS 14
- Asus Expertbook PM5 G2
or also a MacBook pro. I am using Linux since more then 10 years and never touched MacOS at all. So I was not sure if MacOS would work for me. But this announcement made it easy: It will be a Framework 13 Pro with Intel X7 358H!
Which of their machines doesn’t have full Linux support from the start?
tl;dr
- CNC aluminum Chassis (matte black)
- 74wh battery
- wildly-efficient Panther Lake chips
- Ubuntu available pre-installed
- 20hr. battery life.
Another interesting bit from the presentation: Framework revenue is steadily-growing, in a market where many consumer OEMs may not exist much longer due to AI scams and razor thin profit margins. Maybe they can see the writing on the wall and pivot into this “niche” market as well? Increased revenue is allowing them to invest more in development, including the first custom-made display explicitly for Framework devices.
Overall excellent advancements, and a promising future for the company, despite market conditions.
no oem is gonna be able to earn the trust framework has tbh
Framework CEO has been busy last year losing trust, to be honest.
In what way?
Donating to that shell script collection of this weird right-wing millionaire guy from Ruby on Rails.
Here comes the Nazi Bar analogies.
Now everyone posting in this thread which promotes Framework has become a Nazi by the transitive property of Nazihood. Now your family are Nazis with Nazi pets who eat from a pet store that is run by a Nazi (on account of supporting Nazis by selling them pet food, you see) that banks at a Nazi bank in a Nazi financial system run by a Nazi country on a Nazi planet.
…and just like that, every person and thing in the world has become a Nazi. Thanks a lot FRAMEWORK, if only we’d listened to the toxic trolls and avoided being associated with any person on the off chance that we’d catch their 4th person inherited nazihood.
/s, obviously.
These same people better never wear nike, addidas, drive a bmw or volkswagon, ford, or … list could go on forever
Dorks just virtue signaling
Acting self-righteous and outraged feels good.
Some people haven’t learned that this doesn’t mean that it is good.
Still funding fascists tho
All the CEO needed to say after funding that fascist was:
Oops, sorry. I didn’t check out that developer’s history before funding his project. It won’t happen again. I promise going forwards that we’ll google people’s names first before sending them any money.
They didn’t have to make a big deal about it, even a simple quickly forgotten post on their personal social media account would have been enough.
People still ask him about it, and he’ll talk about anything else.
But he won’t give a simple apology.
His silence is deafening.
Better to just go for the EU version of framework without the fascism: https://novacustom.com/
Edit: Changed “All the CEO had to say” to “All the CEO needed to say” to avoid confusion.
Get off your high horse. The first sentence was ‘sorry’.
Find something real to get mad about.
These dorks care about the dumbest shit and not anything important
They need that next hit of outrage and self-righteousness.
Not supporting fascists is self-righteous now? Are you actually serious?
Support or don’t support who you want.
How you and your friends here present your arguments and interact with the community appears more like chasing the high of outrage and drama farming than attempting to engage in a conversation on the topic.
Doing things like putting words into other people’s mouth, and then attacking the strawman of your own creation for example:
Not supporting fascists is self-righteous now?
There’s no topic to engage upon. There’s merely a fascist vendor trying to enter a community space from which they were already ejected.
Cal down you clown. People can decide to spend their own money in whatever way they see fit.
He is still a fascist, that’s why no apology.
Thanks for the heads up, I was trying to find if they’re still facist. I always felt bad seeing how much promotion framework laptops get after their lukewarm response, and now I can recommend an alternative.
