I am looking to buy a new laptop, and I’d be interested in the Framework laptop. What I like are the replaceability and upgradeability of parts, and the fact it is not (to my knowledge) tied to any large corporation.

However, they are not available for Switzerland, and there is no telling if and when they will be. I’m not dead set on having replaceable parts, but I’d at least like to have something that would not cause issues if I were to install a Linux distrib’ on it (I had a Surface Pro, and had trouble setting up a Mint on it due to missing drivers for the keyboard). And helping smaller companies is a nice plus.

What would your recommendations be?

    • BombOmOmEnglish
      25•3 months ago

      Along that idea, there are mail forwarding services that will accept delivery of items in their home country, verify the contents, then forward them to you. OP, I don’t know what companies do that for Switzerland, but that would be worth checking out.

      • Echo DotEnglish
        7•3 months ago

        The reason the framework won’t be available in Switzerland is because Switzerland is this weird sort of independent enclave in the middle of the European Union. Because of this a lot of products are not available in Switzerland that are available in surrounding countries so there’ll be plenty of mail forwarding Services I imagine.