Just want to add to the chorus, framework is awesome. This thing is so sleek and fancy.

There were a couple of hiccups with the DIY build. An out of position Wi-Fi wire on the hinge, and I wasn’t told to plug it in before turning it on, so I thought I had a dud for a minute or two. But that’s no big deal.

It was the deal that got me, I went with a 7840u, with the 2.8k screen. I bought my own ram, and reused a 2230 512gb nvme from when I upgraded my steam deck. That’ll hold me over until I decide I need more 🤷‍♂️

It’s only been a few days but so far I couldn’t be happier!

Gotta stop myself from fidgeting with the bezel magnets, it’s fun but I’m gonna break it 😬

Edit: Forgot to mention I’m running Bluefin, based on recommendations here. My first time with Fedora, and immutable/atomic based distros. I’m used to Debian based stuff. So far I haven’t run into too much trouble. Though I AM struggling with my virtual machine.

I have three apps that I need Windows for still, there is no replacement. One of them might run in proton, but it’s updated regularly, and interfaces with a shared database, and I’m just not willing to be the fly in the ointment if my setup breaks something for everyone.

The other is a Windows store exclusive, and that doesn’t work with proton.

And the third I could find an alternative for, I just… It will be a lot of work converting the database over, and I don’t want to right now 🤷‍♂️

Anywho the problem is the VM, Boxes, won’t run in full resolution. It’s locked at a lower resolution. Seems like a crazy problem, a feature that should already be baked in. I’ve tried SPICE virt-viewer, per some guides, but no dice.

I’ve got a thread up here about it if anyone has an idea? I know there’s at least a few bluefin users here.

Thanks!

  • beastlykingsOP
    2·
    8 天前

    I’m using gnome boxes, which uses qemu at it’s core. And from what I read, for basic VMs where to don’t need fancy find tune controls, gnome boxes is a solid choice. Unfortunately is giving me trouble.

    I’ll dig deeper, maybe I need to get closer to the metal, but that’s hard to do on bluefin.

    Winapps looks cool! Thanks! Though it does look like it requires dependencies I may not have and can’t install.

    • RandoEnglish
      2·
      7 天前

      I think you can if you layer them, right? I run bazzite on one if my machines and I had to do that for something I wanted. Should keep it to a minimum but since this a key piece of your workflow it should be okay

      • beastlykingsOP
        1·
        7 天前

        Layering! Of course! It’s so obvious now 🤦‍♂️

        While I still hope I’ll find a more bare metal solution, running an ultralight Linux environment in the VM to get the resolution correct, and then virtualizing windows in that, could work. Thanks!!