[RESPONDED] Pop!_OS support status?

Framework Laptop 16 Linux
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Hello! Did anybody try to install PoP!_OS on the Framework 16?
Can you report on performance, issues, battery life, fan profiles etc?
Thank you!

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Looks like working on FW13 , Hopefully a good sign it could work on Framework 16

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This review might help answer the question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5cxtWvKors
And here is the pop os installation guide: Framework 16 - What I Did to setup Pop OS 22.04 LTS - Wikis & How-to Guides - Level1Techs Forums

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Our team has not tested it.

But as Loell points out, unofficially:

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I have an FW16 and pop os installed. Other than the fingerprint reader everything worked out of the box.

Batterylife is Ok, but could be better, especially viewing YT videos
I do not have any fanprofiles, it is a quiet laptop when not doing anything intensive task.

Issues: I can’t find the right resolution. 200% scale is to big 100% to small.
I have to look into fractional scaling.

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I got tired of all the strange behaviors I was having and left Pop for Ubuntu on my first gen framework. Part of it was probably specific to some of the stuff I do (graphics programming that required non-standard drivers etc.), but, overall it was more trouble than it was worth, and every time something strange came up I didn’t know if it was something I should spend time troubleshooting or if it was some inconsistency between the laptop and Pop that I wouldn’t be able to resolve on my own.

I’m really glad to hear other folks are getting good results with it though!

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Does anyone know if the specific AMD driver features work on PoP!_OS? I’m talking about the AFMF framegen and Radeon Super Resolution features.

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I just installed Pop_OS! on Framework 16 (with the dedicated GPU). I’m surprised at how easy it was. From memory I:

  • Disabled secure boot
  • Enabled Linux audio in the BIOS
  • Installed Pop_OS! normally
  • Ran a quick terminal command to enable the finger print reader
  • Updated the BIOS according to Framework instructions
  • Done

I had the same problem as rgr that 100% scaling is too small and 200% scaling is too big. I enabled fractional scaling and found that 125% was perfect for me… until I realized that everything was lagging like crazy (just switching windows, opening the Pop_OS! settings, etc) and the fans were running at almost max. Couldn’t figure out what it was at first, it was just the fractional scaling that made the OS almost unusable. So now I have to decide whether I want slightly too small text or very much too large text. It’s a simple problem but it’s actually a big deal. Maybe the coming soon Cosmic update to Pop_OS! will fix it, but I have my doubts.