Is linux going to be supported on the new mainboard for the 16?

Framework Laptop 16 Linux
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For the old mainboard, there were a couple of official distros listed, ubuntu + windows. But when I look at the customize option for the new mainboard (ai 300), it only lists Windows.

Is linux going to be officially supported / considered stable later on. Or is the plan to stay with windows as the only officially supported distro?

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Hmm, I feel like that canā€™t be right. Afaik Framework has never had a board that didnā€™t support a Linux distro.

Here it says ā€œComing soonā€. Iā€™d bet money that the list just isnā€™t quite finalized for some reason (and Iā€™m not one for betting).

Iā€™d expect Fedora and Bazzite to get official support. With a number of additional distros as ā€œCompatible community supportedā€.

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look at the FW13 AI 300 chips, fedora and bazzite are listed as supported, Iā€™d be shocked if the support for FW16 doesnā€™t come through for at least that

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If you are looking on the page where you spec up a machine to purchase you will find ā€œWindowsā€ or another option where you supply your own operating system. You cannot ā€˜buyā€™ Linux as it is a free download.

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Yes. Linux landing page is usually last to be updated as guides are completed. Changes to the page might not happen for a bit.

Supported distros will largely mirror what you see with our latest two AMD offerings.

Framework Laptop 16 guide (guides.frame.work) is going live today once I get MOK stuff added. Specific links to Fedora recommendations are already live.

Any computer we release,will have a deep focus with Linux. But the landing page often holds back waiting for other items to catch up.:slightly_smiling_face:

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Iā€™ve tested many distros on the framework laptops 13 and 16, and have yet to find a Linux distro that wouldnā€™t work on either laptop. Iā€™ve had some that excelled and were simple to setup, and others that were harder to setup, but were still acceptable. The one I had the most frustration with doesnā€™t count any longer - Clear Linux OS - Intel stopped supporting it. Of course I was installing it on an AMD chipset, but stillā€¦

I think Framework does a very fine job ensuring their computers are Linux compatible. Of the few hardware vendors that offer or prefer Linux operating systems, Framework does an amazing job keeping the hardware OS agnostic.

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