this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2024
399 points (99.5% liked)

Linux

5222 readers
7 users here now

A community for everything relating to the linux operating system

Also check out [email protected]

Original icon base courtesy of [email protected] and The GIMP

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 131 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I like the prospect of more Linux hardware hitting the market with officially supported distros. The European Union should be funding this kind of stuff to supplant Microsoft within its borders.

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Imagine all the innovation if they did that!

[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Far from my distro of choice but better compatibility with one distro usually translates to similar improvements on the others.
I'm very interested in the framework laptops, a 14" UHD touchscreen one would be an instant buy, the current lineup is still tempting nonetheless.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago

That’s the beauty of Linux. The tide raises all ships.

[–] model_tar_gz 4 points 1 week ago

I feel similar but with a 16-17” 3K resolution. Honestly it’s the biggest thing keeping me away from a Linux laptop and in my ancient 15” MacBook Pro.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Agreed, a slight bump to 14" would be welcome. And maybe a more modern looking bottom shell, even for existing upgrade.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Good stuff good stuff. Have been a Mac user for years now. But the Framework laptops sure are tempting. Then it will be Linux all the way. More free and more sustainable.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Hopefully Apple will be forced to become repairable again like during pre-2015.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Don't hold your breath

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Oh yeah, with my 2008 MBP I have had replaced multiple parts and the screen. To try that now is a fools errand.

[–] kameecoding 5 points 1 week ago

I have had gone Mac because framework wasn't selling in my country, but got an email about two weeks back that they started selling here too, so once my macbook dies or becomes too slow I will be buying a framework

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Same.
I think I would need comparable energy efficiency as well though. For portable machines it’s hard to go for an x86_64 one when I can get so much more battery life out of an arm one.
Getting official support for a distribution should help with a good out of the box battery life at least. But I think they’d need arm or riscv before it really becomes comparable?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

This partnership makes a lot of sense.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Hopefully this means coreboot support finally.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

wish they sold framework laptops in my country :(

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What country are you located in? If you're actually interested I could do a reship, but I also understand if you're not as interested given I'm just a random dude on Lemmy :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

No Thanks, I don't rlly need any laptop rn.

[–] BombOmOm 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are companies that do freight forwarding. Much less dodgy than random person on the internet. Would be worth checking out.

load more comments
view more: next ›