I am just sharing my experience as of Christmas 2024.
My usage has become using a hardware OS (previously Windows 11 on my MSI laptop) and then VirtualBox running LMDE6 VMs to compartmentalize my usages. The base OS does the hardware running and I have OBS Studio running in the base to record windows of the VMs. That is basically it for the host OS. I did to the BIOS update from the 3.03 that came on it to 3.05
The hardware is a AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics, so no discreet GPU, I added 96 GB of RAM, a 2 TB M.2 2230 and a 8TB M.2 2280.
I downloaded LMDE6, burned to USB stick, and did the standard install. Everything worked, I added VirtualBox and a few new VMs. The only issue I had was if I left the Framework 16 to idle, at some point after the screen blanked, the machine would reboot.
I tried messing with some settings for about a day, and still could not solve it.
SO, I installed the Linux Mint 22 (the primary version that is based off Ubuntu).
Standard install went fine.
It seems the Mint 22 is running the machine faster than LMDE6. I tweaked the idle/screensaver settings and have not looked back, been running like a champ as I want it to.
I have not tried the fingerprint reader, camera, nor anything else really special. Maybe I will someday. But for now, downloading Mint 22 cinnamon, create USB, boot, install and get to work has worked and is great. I will dump the computer info below.
System:
Kernel: 6.8.0-51-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.2.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.2.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 22 Wilma base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Framework product: Laptop 16 (AMD Ryzen 7040 Series) v: A9
serial:
Mobo: Framework model: FRANMZCP09 v: A9 serial: part-nu: FRANMZCP09
uuid: UEFI: INSYDE v: 03.05 date: 11/13/2024
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 86.8 Wh (100.0%) condition: 86.8/85.1 Wh (101.9%) volts: 17.6 min: 15.5
model: NVT FRANDBA type: Li-ion serial: status: not charging cycles: 1
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M325 serial:
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled
arch: Zen 4 rev: 1 cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 8 MiB L3: 16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2134 high: 4572 min/max: 400/5263 cores: 1: 3164 2: 400 3: 3101 4: 3015
5: 1963 6: 400 7: 2166 8: 2174 9: 2891 10: 2289 11: 2172 12: 400 13: 2968 14: 400 15: 2083
16: 4572 bogomips: 127751
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Phoenix1 vendor: Framework driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 pcie:
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DP-7,
DP-8, Writeback-1 bus-ID: c2:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15bf class-ID: 0300 temp: 52.0 C
Device-2: Realtek Laptop Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 0bda:5634 class-ID: 0e02 serial:
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1600 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x423mm (26.65x16.65") s-diag: 798mm (31.43")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: BOE Display 0x0bc9 res: 2560x1600 hz: 165 dpi: 188
size: 345x215mm (13.58x8.46") diag: 407mm (16") modes: max: 2560x1600 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast
surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: gbm,wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.0.9-0ubuntu0.3 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi gfx1103_r1 LLVM 17.0.6 DRM 3.57
6.8.0-51-generic) device-ID: 1002:15bf
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Framework driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: c2:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Framework driver: snd_pci_ps v: kernel
pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: c2:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Framework driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: c2:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-51-generic status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter driver: mt7921e v: kernel
pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac:
Bluetooth:
Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-5:7 chip-ID: 0e8d:e616 class-ID: e001 serial:
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
sub-v: 2402 hci-v: 11 rev: 1910 class-ID: 7c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 9.14 TiB used: 276.06 GiB (2.9%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: A-Data model: LEGEND 820 size: 1.86 TiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4
tech: SSD serial: fw-rev: ELFMC1.0 temp: 43.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Western Digital model: WD BLACK SN850X 8000GB size: 7.28 TiB
speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: fw-rev: 638201WD temp: 43.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 1.83 TiB used: 52.3 GiB (2.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1:2 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: mouse,HID
driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 98mA
chip-ID: 046d:c52f class-ID: 0300
Hub-2: 1-2:3 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 1-3:4 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-3.2:6 info: Framework Laptop 16 Numpad Module type: keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA
chip-ID: 32ac:0014 class-ID: 0300 serial:
Hub-4: 1-4:5 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-4.1:8 info: Shenzhen Goodix Fingerprint USB Device type:
driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 27c6:609c
class-ID: ef00 serial:
Device-2: 1-4.2:9 info: Framework Laptop 16 Keyboard Module - ANSI type: keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA
chip-ID: 32ac:0012 class-ID: 0300 serial:
Device-3: 1-5:7 info: MediaTek Wireless_Device type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 3
rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 0e8d:e616 class-ID: e001 serial:
Hub-5: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 2-2:2 info: Genesys Logic USB3.2 Hub ports: 3 rev: 3.2 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 05e3:0625 class-ID: 0900
Hub-7: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-1:2 info: Realtek Laptop Camera type: video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 300mA chip-ID: 0bda:5634 class-ID: 0e02 serial:
Hub-8: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-9: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-10: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-11: 7-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-12: 8-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1977
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/1password.list
1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/1password-archive-keyring.gpg] https: //downloads.1password.com/linux/debian/amd64 stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https: //brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com wilma main upstream import backport
2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list
1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg] https: //updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main
Info:
Memory: total: 88 GiB note: est. available: 86.23 GiB used: 23.32 GiB (27.0%)
Processes: 401 Power: uptime: 1d 5h 40m states: freeze,mem suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0
hibernate: disabled Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Cinnamon v: 6.2.9 inxi: 3.3.34