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The new and upgraded Framework Laptop

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1680 points etbusch | 3 comments | 19 May 22 12:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.691s | 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. DeathArrow ◴[19 May 22 13:22 UTC] No.31434289[source]▶
I'm wondering what's the battery life and power usage under Linux. For many laptops this is a problem.
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2. jakamau ◴[19 May 22 14:20 UTC] No.31435007[source]▶
I've had my framework laptop for about six months and I'm not really a linux adept (I basically just read online guides and bash on my keyboard until the problem fixes itself). But honestly, I genuinely enjoy using the framework laptop with Fedora.

The battery life during light(7w)-moderate(12w) usage is approximately 5 hours.

Stand-by was the real issue in my opinion (it would drain 1-2%/hour). I got around this issue by setting up a swap partition and forcing hibernation after 30 minutes of sleep standby.

Apparently there are some new tweaks that were added to improve standby, but I am happy with where I am and don't want to change anything, so I can't speak to their efficacy.

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3. spaniard89277 ◴[19 May 22 15:53 UTC] No.31436266[source]▶
Do you have tlp installed?