Readit Newsluisartola commented on Framework Laptop with Ubuntu Review luisartola.com/framework-... · Posted by u/luisartola
If the author is here, please add to your review: trackpad; fans noise; heating; Bluetooth stability.
Will update the article and write in more detail about fan noise and heating. But in short:
- Trackpad is decent. However, as some others have mentioned, it can be a bit touchy. It's happened a few times that I'm typing and I accidentally rest part of my right thumb on the trackpad and that changes the insertion point inadvertently. Not a big issue. As a matter of fact, it's more an indication that I need to correct my hands posture for better ergonomics.
- Bluetooth. It's pretty stable. I have a Bluetooth mouse and Galaxy Buds connected and they work flawlessly. I'll try more devices.
(edit: added Galaxy Buds over Bluetooth)
luisartola commented on Framework Laptop with Ubuntu Review luisartola.com/framework-... · Posted by u/luisartola
Standby battery drain in deep sleep in Linux is something we're investigating. We have seen enough reports of it to know there is an issue there, but one that does not occur in Windows.
We do strongly recommend updating to 3.07. The issue in 3.06 was a regression that we've released 3.07 to resolve. We'll be removing the Beta label on the release shortly since we've seen large update on the release.
I agree we have work to do collaborating with Linux distro maintainers to ensure compatibility out of the box. We've been able to do that with the team at Fedora and Fedora 35 has basically complete support and solid stability: https://community.frame.work/t/fedora-linux-35-on-the-framew...
Beyond that, we very much appreciate the feedback. We're always looking to improve what we're building, and real user feedback helps us do that.
Enabling deep sleep and hibernate solve the issue in this configuration. Once enabled, using systemctl hibernate or suspend-then-hibernate work like a charm. I wrote details here https://luisartola.com/solving-the-framework-laptop-battery-...
You can swap battery, harddrive, memory, network chip yay. That was possible on nearly all laptops some years back. At the enterprise level both Dell and Lenovo have models that does most of this. (Unless recently discontinued)
Quite a few laptops had "bays" where you could swap out extra harddrive, cd rom, extra battery,
Then a while back computer had PCMCIA/PC Card, that let you add all sorts of very useful hardware.
All in all this is far less user configurable than a two bay, to pcmia slots. (with battery, memory easily upgraded).
I would love someone to come out with a laptop like that again.
Further modules for the framework are expensive, made by a single company, few variants. If the company fails you are stuck.
On the old style laptops, ram, memory, cd player, extra hard drive, batteries, PCMCIA/PC Cards were all usually available from several sources. Bays might be the most proprietary.