Framework 13\" Ryzen 7 - 32GO ram - 500Go

Hi guys !

After a week with my new framework 13" i wanted to share a quick feedback about my experience :

Pros

  • Framework team did a great job with the hardware modularity, a 15yo kid should be able to setting up a laptop
  • I’m in love with the QR Codes to help people set up the computer, good idea !
  • The keyboard keys are smooth and close to what i had on a MacBook Pro, which is quite rare
  • Working well with ArchLinux (EndeavourOS), first try, in less than 10min the OS was fully installed. I just had a too sensitive touchpad, i fixed it with some tricks

Cons

  • Speakers are very bad, i don’t really need it but for people who need it most, it can be a pain point.
  • Screen ratio/resolution and frequency. Why a 3:2 screen and not a 16:9 one ? 😭 in the same way, it would be very good to have a screen who support at least 120hz (screen resolution/ratio is to me, a really pain point)
  • Bonus: If one day you managed to implement an ARM architecture or other fanless architecture … it would be the PERFECT computer.

Thanks for all the persons involved in this project 🙏🏻

🇫🇷 To french speaker, I made a blog post

  • LlamaDeathPunch@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Do you care to share any specific AUR packages or special things you needed to do to make the touchpad, screen, audio, etc work? I’m planning on installing arch when mine comes in. Currently running Ubuntu for my daily driver but really want to give arch with btrfs a try, really like the idea of newer software and a rolling release, and with snapper I should be pretty well protected if an update causes issues.