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People with framework laptops on linux (nixos?) what is your experience with them? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Have been keeping half an eye on framework laptops as a potential next daily driver as and when I'm ready for one.

Just wondering what people's experience of using them on linux has been, particularly nixos

I'm assuming all the drivers are in the kernel given the way the company is

Have been using a 2016 thinkpad for the past year or so and have had a decent experience with it, with the way lenovo have gone with their newer thinkpads it seems like framework is now the best for maintainability/upgradability

(not planning to upgrade in the immediate future as this machine is doing fine, but frameworks are a strong contender in my mind right now and I'm curious as to people's experience)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm running Fedora on my Framework 13 - works great, no issues. I have only had it open to install the RAM so far, but it appears to be as upgradeable and repairable as advertised. Looks great, feels premium, nice and light. Not great battery life is my only complaint, but there are larger batteries available for the 13 since I bought mine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ooh battery upgrades are a good sign, what kinda battery life do you get now with an unupgraded one?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I haven't evaluated it properly in a while but I'm pretty sure it was under 8 hours with the CPU throttled and the screen brightness low. I am usually just writing or coding on it, nothing too intensive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ooooh very promising

What've you got it throttled to?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean I use it in power saver mode. It goes as low as 400MHz but it's not fixed at that. 12th gen i7 btw.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Is this on Linux or Windows?