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I want to see your best theories and predictions as to what we’re up to!

This thread is for theories and speculation only. I want to see your brain-palace and your craziest ‘what-if’ scenarios based on the teaser we released.

I’ll be lurking, but my lips are sealed :slightly_smiling_face:

NO LEAKS/SPOILERS: Any posts containing datamined info, leaked content, or ‘insider’ spoilers will be removed. Let’s keep this thread a Leak-Free Zone so the community can have fun guessing!

Teaser: https://frame.work/nextgen

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A matrix phone! I mean repairable phone!

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I think the following would be eye opening: :slight_smile:

  1. Maybe, use a battery management chip that has Dynamic Power Path Management (DPPM).
    So, playing games on the FW16 will be smoother and last for days of continuous play.

  2. Make everything open source. BIOS, PD Firmware, EC firmware.

  3. AMD and all other chips makes used in the FW16 publishes all their documentation that is currently under NDA.

  4. FW publish all the FULL schematics and boardview files of all their products.

  5. FW announce that they have gained billions in investment to build their own AI data center to compete directly with OpenAI, Microsoft and Google etc.

  6. A new display screen for the laptop. Maybe ePaper ?

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So in these videos two things stand out to me:

  1. Some charactars are orange. Are they meaningful?
  2. There are a lot of framework symbols in there. Do important characters appear near them?

EDIT: I see ( 4 / 13 ) appears highlighted in orange in two consecutive frames and one later frame too (in the first video). Maybe something neat on the 13th? Monday.

EDIT2: Frame 45 is blank in both videos

EDIT3: No suspicious repeating orange letters stood out to me in the second video. The 4/13 thing was exclusive to the first video.

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If you tap the animation it expands vertically and the penguin says hi.

I’m guessing this is updates then for 13 and 16. But as the animation is just a screen, perhaps just screens for them. Or tablets in two sizes. Or monitors. Or a phone and a tablet…

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It must be the Framework tractor (or as I like to call it, the Framework T-1)! I’m so excited!

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Something with Linux probably, or maybe that’s too on the nose… Linux only for the future, no more windows! Make a statement.

or maybe a steamos device!

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I’m guessing a lower spec 12 (think Intel N series) with a ChromeOS option – it may have failed for the 13, but the 12 is at a much better price point for it.

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Pretty sure there will be some Panther Lake refreshes. Plus a new product: a modular power bank with replaceable ports and battery compartment, maybe it’s the one that got mysteriously teased in an LTT video?

Stretch (very low prob): Given that the theme of the next-gen page is developer and Linux oriented, maybe something to do with coreboot finally?

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coreboot would be nice. Would be cool to get a panther lake refresh with a better cooling system.

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I’d like to see an arm64/aarch64 mainboard for either the 12” or 13”

It would be great to get a Sun/happy hacker keyboard layout

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The Penguin animation, reminds me a bit of the classic “Hello, World!” So my guess is:

Preinstalled Linux distro’s, ala Tux, Star, System 76…etc. Perhaps with some custom tuned OS software to take advantage of FW hardware. Possible distros Ubuntu, Fedora of course, maybe Mint, Debian, Cachy.

To go along with that some new hardware. Updates and upgrades to existing models: A higher resolution screen option for the FW12 to put it on par with Macbooks & iPads, something around 2500px long axis. Backlit keyboard for the FW 12. Maybe a display option for the FW13 that allows for tablet/tent operation? Or what about this…a FW Tablet!!! I’d probably buy that. Revamped motherboards to accommodate 2 SSDs, one for OS & data, the other for backups; or one for your favorite Linux distro for a stable work environment, the other for what ever to accommodate your late-night Frankenputer experiments.

And to power all that higher capacity batteries.

Oh the possibilities…

–

Rod

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Did my prediction in the original blog post, so doubling it here.

Also could be a desktop monitor. It has matrix too.

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Oh, this’ll be fun:

Rugged chassis options.

A battery case, similar to the Cooler Master mainboard ones.

RGB keyboards for the 13?

Coreboot release for the 7040s?

FramePrinter.

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which LTT Video? And do you happen to have a time stamp as well?

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I cannot tell you a video but there have been several teases from LTT about the power bank, and some confirmation and chat with the designer working on it, so possibly a meet the team or AMD upgrade video, but I do not recall.

the TL:DR is their creative warehouse team is working on a power bank, but that is unlikely to come out soon or have anything to do with framework

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Mainboards that take 1TB DDR3 ram.

eInk touchscreen trackpad

FW7. Bringing back the Acer eee, baby.

Official licensed P.E.Z expansion card in all FW12 colours

New cog logo with seven teeth.

Edit: FW12DS. The touch screen is replaced by a normal screen, and the keyboard is replaced by a touchscreen with stylus support.

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As Jesse Smith of Distrowatch says, the biggest obstacle to the wider adoption of Linux is the difficulty of buying a computer with Linux preinstalled on it.

You can buy a computer with Windows preinstalled or the Mac OS preinstalled but it’s not easy to buy a computer with Linux preinstalled and ready to use.

The obstacle to the wider adoption of Linux is not the difficulty of using Linux, because Linux is no harder to use than Windows or Macs. It’s not because of the availability of software because the types of software that most computer users use are available for Linux.

The major obstacle is that you can’t easily buy computers with Linux preinstalled on them. I hope Framework will change that by offering all preassembled and DIY Framework computers with a choice of several different Linux distros, including at least one with KDE Plasma.

I hope this is what the White Penguin console is telling us is coming.

People may have heard about Linux and might be curious about Linux but they are either think they are incapable or are unwilling to install Linux. They think Linux is hard to use and hard to learn.

If they could buy a Framework computer that came with Linux and the Steam store preinstalled, from a company which actively supports several Linux distros, they would have ability to try Linux.

Framework should offer all Framework models, both DIY and preassembled, with the choice of one of several different Linux distros preinstalled and preconfigured (including at least one with KDE Plasma).

It would then be possible for anyone to order any of the preassembled or DIY Framework computers with Linux preinstalled and ready to use.

Sometime in the near future, one of the large computer manufacturers will offer the option of preinstalled Linux on every one of their computers.

Framework should not be the second manufacturer to do that.

Framework is an innovator.

Framework should be the first to offer Linux preinstalled on every Framework computer.

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FrameMac clone with Arm64 chip from Qualcomm and pre-installed macOS Tahoe, with ‘frosted glass’ bezel and keyboard options.

Switches and Routers “Assembled in the USA” with modular backplane so you can add 2.5 / 10 / 25 gbE and WiFi 6/6E/7 to your home networks.

USB4 / Intel E810 networking modules (with magical cooling).

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I got a couple of ideas.

  1. A Linux Distro preinstalled for out of the box start up.
  2. Intel Panther Lake for the 13 (Last one was Core Ultra 1) and 16 (Never had any Intel CPU) and maybe 12.
  3. Some new (and updated) expansion cards.
  4. A USB4/TB4 eGPU dock for the random 16 dGPU modules floating around. (this would be nice.)
  5. New customisation options for the products.