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Framework Sold Out of 3 Batches of Laptop 16 in Less Than 3 Hours. (mander.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by uthredii@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Image description: Image shows batches 1, 2 and 3 sold out for the Ryzen 7 7840HS which costs $1,399.

For now both DIY and prebuild edition (all configurations) are in batch 4 which ships in late Q4 2023.

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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does Framework do anything regarding FOSS drivers or firmware?

[–] uthredii@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I have personally used fedora and nixos on a gen 1 framework 13 and it works great.

Does Framework do anything regarding FOSS drivers or firmware?

Regarding your question they say this:

We deliberately selected components and modules that didn’t require new kernel driver development and have been providing distro maintainers with pre-release hardware to test to improve compatibility. We’re also working on enabling firmware updates through LVFS to complete the Linux experience.

source: https://frame.work/gb/en/linux

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's good to know it uses drivers already there. Sadly being part of the kernal somehow doesn't guarantee the driver are not proprietary binary blobs.