Have been keeping half an eye on framework laptops as a potential next daily driver as and when I’m ready for one.

Just wondering what people’s experience of using them on linux has been, particularly nixos

I’m assuming all the drivers are in the kernel given the way the company is

Have been using a 2016 thinkpad for the past year or so and have had a decent experience with it, with the way lenovo have gone with their newer thinkpads it seems like framework is now the best for maintainability/upgradability

(not planning to upgrade in the immediate future as this machine is doing fine, but frameworks are a strong contender in my mind right now and I’m curious as to people’s experience)

  • festusEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I have a 12th gen Intel Framework running Arch. I love it, although as others have pointed out the battery life could be better. Early kernels shortly after release had some incompatibility issues that required specific kernel arguments to fix. Also I had to blacklist the light sensor as it conflicted with the brightness function keys.

    The Arch wiki has a page with details on Framework laptops you may appreciate looking at.

    • flashgnash@lemm.eeOP
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      2 months ago

      How long would you say a charge normally lasts, apologies for the profiling but I’m assuming you tend to work at a terminal more if on arch rather than loads of heavy electron apps?

      • festusEnglish
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        2 months ago

        That’s hard for me to answer because I’m usually at home plugged in, and I set the max charge in the bios to only 65% so the battery will physically degrade slower (I don’t need the charge). A few hours is really all I can say with any accuracy. Worth noting a few things -

        1. Since I bought my laptop they came out with an improved battery I could upgrade to, so you’d get a better experience.
        2. I believe(?) battery life is improved a fair bit at least with the AMD ones; less sure on the newer Intel ones.

        I will say that if long battery life is your #1 concern this may not be the laptop for you.

        • flashgnash@lemm.eeOP
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          2 months ago

          Not number one concern but I need it to survive long enough that I’m not just permanently plugging in everywhere I go

          Not as bad if it’s usb c charge I’ll have to check that