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The new and upgraded Framework Laptop

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1680 points etbusch | 1 comments | 19 May 22 12:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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. noirbot ◴[19 May 22 13:15 UTC] No.31434210[source]▶
To be fair to them, _desktop_ Linux is a fair bit easier than laptop Linux. Laptops have many of the components that have been the most neglected/hardest to work with - wifi cards, bluetooth, trackpads, fingerprint readers... All all the worse because there's often less or no choice of provider for the components.

For the most part, on a full desktop, you can avoid most of the need for those, or buy a part that works better.