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NovaCustom – Framework Laptop alternative focusing on privacy

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34 points CHEF-KOCH | 3 comments | 28 Jun 25 18:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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necovek ◴[28 Jun 25 18:23 UTC] No.44406919[source]▶
This seems to have nothing similar to what Framework laptop offers.

The main (only?) selling point for NovaCustom is open source coreboot firmware and disabling of Intel ME.

I'd like to see Framework laptop with these features, but those two features do not make a Framework alternative.

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zamalek ◴[28 Jun 25 20:37 UTC] No.44407983[source]▶
I took a poke around their website and it looks like you can purchase a motherboard. It seems this exists somewhere between the mainstream and Framework: a regular laptop with right to repair.

NVIDIA, though? We are still a good few months, or years, away from attempting to seriously use NVIDIA and Linux in the same sentence without looking like a complete idiot.

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1. bigyabai ◴[28 Jun 25 23:21 UTC] No.44409001[source]▶
Nvidia drivers have included serious Wayland support since the 550 series. My NixOS Nvidia system has run equally as smooth as my Intel iGPU for close to a year now.
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2. yndoendo ◴[28 Jun 25 23:59 UTC] No.44409193[source]▶
I have a GTX 650 Ti that keeps being erratic with Wayland to where it becomes unusable out of the box. Didn't take any time to try and resolve because it is being used as a server. Disabled the GUI service and only boot into terminal.
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3. bigyabai ◴[29 Jun 25 04:20 UTC] No.44410336[source]▶
Like I said, you need 550-series drivers or later to have good support. The 600-series has been depreciated for a while now so its not surprising that it's not supported.