Hacker News Reader

Comment by vhodges | Hacker News Reader

I am quite happy with my 12th gen 13" Framework running NixOS. Everything I need seems to work out of the box (sleep/resume (not using hibernate though), Touchpad, camera, mic, etc) and seems quite stable.

The 13th Gen (w/i7 only?) has a bigger batter so battery life should be better (a chief concern for some - though I am almost always plugged in). The new version also has an option for a matte screen. There's also an option (coming) for an AMD based system (eg better iGPU).

Almost everything is repairable/replaceable... and in a year or three, when I want to upgrade to a newer/faster system, I know I'll be able too (the upcoming AMD MB is tempting but my machine is less than a year old and I can't justify the cost)

View on HN

+1 on this, I've got a 11th gen 13" Framework running Archlinux. As with yours, everything works out of the box (and I do use hibernate). Waiting to see some reviews o the new AMD boards before I make the leap (hopefully sometime next year, or maybe the next AMD generation).

Yeah, 12th gen Framework works basically perfectly. They have a guide for installing various distributions (the one for Fedora is here: https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Fedora+37+Installation+on+th...). Following that, I've been running Fedora 36 and now 37 problem-free, with the only real asterisk being needing to disable brightness-sensing to enable the brightness keys.

I know the 11th gen wasn't quite as smooth, and 13th gen isn't really in people's hands yet (but they are increasingly aware, and supportive, of their Linux-using audience, so I'd be surprised if there were issues). EDIT: Their Linux page does in fact list the 13th gen as being officially supported with Fedora and Ubuntu: https://frame.work/linux

FWIW, even if you don't run Arch, I find that the Arch wiki pages tend to be full of tons of great technical detail, and their page on the Framework backs up the "mostly everything just works" vibe: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Framework_Laptop_13

-1 Framework. Mine does not sleep. I've tried it all, and it won't sleep. It certainly won't hibernate. It's either on or it's off.

It's nice to use at home, but it's pretty much useless anywhere else.

Are there others with this issue? A quick google says it should work. I don't have a Framework laptop myself but an 2016 MBP with linux on it, LVM in LUKS, and hibernation works.

Agreed, I love my Framework 13, though maybe you want to hold off for a month or two to get the new AMD option.

+1 framework. Its light, super versatile, and plenty stable with debian or Ubuntu

Reply on news.ycombinator.com