[plug] Framework13 laptop

[William Kenworthy]

Thanks Dean, that's encouraging!
BillK


On 21/2/26 20:29, Paul Dean wrote:
> Hey Bill,
>
> I can highly recommend the Framework laptops, I got and have had mine 
> for nearly 2+yrs now, running Debian 11,12 and now 13.
>
> Superb support for Linux, solid hardware, and completely modular, very 
> easy to construct and then upgrade later doing the track.
>
> UFEI/BIOS well supported, including secure boot.
>
> We also just begun moving our staff at work onto the Framework and 
> they are very happy with them(one lady, very picky, is raving about 
> hers, said "She'll never use anything else, and told M$ to 'go shove 
> it' and moved to Linux."
>
> So 'nuff said, enjoy open sause(source) software and now hardware.
>
> ---
> Thanks
>
> Paul Dean.
>
> "Life is not WHAT you make it, it's WHO you have in it..."
>
> On 2026-02-21 10:16, William Kenworthy via plug wrote:
>> Hi, my MS surface pro4 has hit its EOL - increasingly chronic 
>> overheating compiling gentoo so its replacement time!
>>
>> I am looking at a Framework13 Laptop (mid-range amd cpu) - does 
>> anyone have any experience with Framework hardware and can comment on 
>> its longevity and warranty etc?
>>
>> I can get a Dell or something similar at half the cost but I want to 
>> keep the new one 10 years or so without the unexpected compatibility 
>> issue that plagued the Surface - patching kernels for propriety 
>> hardware ... etc. - took a few years before hardware support caught 
>> up :(
>>
>> BillK
>>
>>
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