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The new and upgraded Framework Laptop

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1680 points etbusch | 5 comments | 19 May 22 12:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.97s | source
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coldtea ◴[19 May 22 13:10 UTC] No.31434145[source]▶
>We continue to focus on solid Linux support, and we’re happy to share that Fedora 36 works fantastically well out of the box, with full hardware functionality including WiFi and fingerprint reader support. Ubuntu 22.04 also works great after applying a couple of workarounds, and we’re working to eliminate that need.

This disclaimer -from a company that picks their hw components none the less- is cold water to Linux in the desktop as any sort of "solved" problem

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1. throw93232 ◴[19 May 22 13:15 UTC] No.31434207[source]▶
It is laptop, not desktop ;)
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2. coldtea ◴[19 May 22 13:18 UTC] No.31434239[source]▶
Desktop Linux was historically meant as opposed to server.

Plus, most actual desk tops today feature laptops.

So still a desktop use case: it's just not in "tower" or "mini-tower" or "all-in-one" form.

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3. MetaWhirledPeas ◴[19 May 22 13:20 UTC] No.31434269[source]▶
Not if you buy the mainboard and mount it in a little desktop case!
4. smallerfish ◴[19 May 22 13:26 UTC] No.31434348[source]▶
Linux on a desktop is really quite rock solid (caveat assuming you do research if you are too cutting edge on hardware). Linux in laptops are not as good on battery life and 4k external monitor support has issues (though less so if wayland works on your hardware). The two workarounds they mention for Ubuntu on their page are adding a kernel option to improve suspend battery life, and adding a line in the alsa conf to enable the driver that recognizes the microphone jack they're using...you can hardly extrapolate from those to "desktop linux is teh pits".
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5. trelane ◴[19 May 22 23:14 UTC] No.31441411{3}[source]▶
> caveat assuming you do research if you are too cutting edge on hardware).

Or just buy Linux hardware with Linux pre-installed, with great support for it...