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Framework is teasing a ‘big’ update for August 26th — could it be Framework 16? (www.theverge.com)
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[–] 12 points 11 months ago

gimme dat more powerful GPU!

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    [–] 8 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    The announcement states it’s a new product.

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    • [–] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (10 children)

    Using my framework laptop feels like a never ending struggle sometimes but I really like the idea of modular, repairable laptops so here I am.

    Edit: I have the FW13 12th gen intel

    • The screen has a very slow pixel response time, the ghosting is absolutely real
    • The screen is wobbly when I type (fixable with upgraded hinges)
    • The track pad is constantly dropping inputs
    • The screen resolution is generally awkward and fractional scaling is still hit or miss on Linux
    • Updating to the latest firmware (BIOS) required me to install WINDOWS (just for the update)
    • For some reason switching to Linux kernel deep sleep mode causes a total system failure that can only be recovered by physically removing the battery and CMOS.
    • Physically removing the battery is sketchy

    FWIW this is still my daily driver but I do sometimes consider seeing if anyone wants to trade for a ThinkPad haha

    Edit 2: If anyone has insight on the deep sleep issue I'm all eyes (biblically accurate angel mode).

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    What exactly are you unhappy about? I'm thinking of getting one soon-ish and would love to hear which negative experiences I could expect to bump into.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I've had only positive experiences with mine. Also curious about what issues you ran into.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Yeah, I've had one hardware glitch that support sent me a detailed video how to fix by resetting the mainboard within a few hours of writing them, fixed it within 10 minutes. Other than that any issues I've had are linux-funkiness, like odd sound profiles on the speakers that I could fix myself, and have been gradually taken care of through updates along the way.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Bring in some insight on your struggles! You using Arch on it?

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    You caught me (btw).

    I've also ran fedora which is an officially support OS.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    I like Fedora but I need some AUR wine applications and shadowsocks to smooth things out in Mainland China (am expat). Fedora cannot offer all of these easily, I'm not too well trained in building packages (I know it's simple lol)

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    Have you used one of the Officially-supported distros to check if sleep works, like Fedora 42 or Bazzite?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Yeah I ran fedora for a while when I first got this since that's one of the official distros but it seems like it would really just be a function of the kernel itself and the laptop firmware.

    Going back to fedora does not enable deep sleep by default and I'm way too afraid to manually switch it again after having to pull the battery 5 times already in pursuit of a solution.

    I've been told this just doesn't/can't work.

    So basically unless someone can say "I experienced the same exact problem and here's how I fixed it" I'm just too afraid to try again haha.

    Framework advises not to pull the battery and they are not wrong in that advisement. It's sketchy as hell.

    When I enable deep sleep it prevents me from even accessing bios, so I can't do the firmware battery disconnect at that point.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    First three, and last one sound very Framework related, but I wonder about the others. I know hardware is often way too optimised for windows that Linux has to patch it in a way for Linux, such as your deep sleep issue. Hope it gets fixed.

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    • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Guessing another desktop

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