Have been keeping half an eye on framework laptops as a potential next daily driver as and when I’m ready for one.

Just wondering what people’s experience of using them on linux has been, particularly nixos

I’m assuming all the drivers are in the kernel given the way the company is

Have been using a 2016 thinkpad for the past year or so and have had a decent experience with it, with the way lenovo have gone with their newer thinkpads it seems like framework is now the best for maintainability/upgradability

(not planning to upgrade in the immediate future as this machine is doing fine, but frameworks are a strong contender in my mind right now and I’m curious as to people’s experience)

  • @mindgoblin7
    -1•2 months ago

    I tried using windows one afternoon and almost shot myself.
    It’s obviously subjective but it is not for me. If anything I’ll go back to macos if it doesn’t work out. It’s not that I “have zero interest in fixing anything myself” I just can’t spend 8+ hours a week troubleshooting things that should work out of the box on a $1300 computer. On top of school full time and my job. Hopefully I’ll get the time to do a reinstall this week. Being able to browse the web seems like the bare minimum.

    I read the last part of your comment in a nerd voice.

    • @[email protected]OP
      3•2 months ago

      Entirely fair I am a nerd

      My experience of Linux has been that it needs a certain amount of tinkering to function properly and my experience of people who make statements about supported configurations is that they are not willing to put up with that

      Agree with that windows is a horrible user experience by comparison but it’s the most likely to just work and be supportable

      • @[email protected]
        1•2 months ago

        I am an obsessive thinkerer. For me thinkering means tewaking you installation, get plugins, run weird scripts to do weird stuff. Wasting time kf real work to fix your wifi is not thinkering, it’s just frustrating

        • @[email protected]OP
          2•2 months ago

          Yeah to be fair I agree, I’ve been having an issue with suspend on my current laptop which I decided to just ignore in the end cause it was frustrating me so much

          Though installing other people’s random scripts and plugins is a good way to get an unstable broken system

          Nixos is great to still be able to fiddle while staying stable given you can just boot an earlier install if you fuck up, also throwaway dev shells with temporary installed packages. Might be worth giving it a go