I’m Alex, I am an Optical Engineer but focus on simulations, so computers have always been an interest of mine as well. I started off my career in Astronomy and graduated with my Masters. I always a Lenovo Thinkpad and was always happy with how they worked, but after a year or two, that workstation laptop was out of date. I was ecstatic when I learned about Framework from a coworker and latched onto the idea. I’ve always tried to fix and make things on my own before so happy to support Framework.
Hi to everyone!
I’m Paolo, a postdoc in Mathematics in Italy, and I’m also an Arch Linux fan. I already have different machines with Linux and not I bought a Framework AMD 13 laptop and I can’t wait to install Arch on it!
This is Coque, a security specialist replacing a really old Toshiba Portege laptop for a shiny Framework 13 in batch 10. As much as I love technology, I’m worried about the planet health and I try to keep technology waste at a minimum, so I’m grateful for the Framework stance and I’m trying to support it. Living in Spain, I was eager for Framework to start making business here, which is a reality since not so long.
I’m a Linux user from the 0.99 kernel era, starting with a Slackware distro which was replaced by a Red Hat one for years, until I tried Debian Sid and stuck to it since then.
Hello! I’m an analyst by day and a non-technical contributor to the Fedora Project by night. Framework has piqued my interest ever since learning about it, for the reasons most people like them - they’re thin, light, performant, and repairable. I don’t own a Framework (yet), but I did want to engage with this community to see if there are places where increased Fedora attention would help. Fedora is already officially supported, so things are in a pretty great spot already!
Hope you guys are doing good. I am really thrilled and excited to finally be a part of this amazing community, I just got myself a FW13 and pre ordered an FW16. I am a student and always been a keen supporter of Right to repair and always will be. Thank you @Niravpatel and the @Framework team for providing us this amazing sustainable, modular computers. really hope that this community just like the company grows and blooms. Really looking forward for the future products that framework has for us. Hope you all have a great time with whatever framework product that you’re using.
I have been waiting quite a while to purchase a framework due to outside factors. Just got my hands on a factory seconds 11th gen and love it! Hoping that in the near future this will be able to replace my desktop computer!
I am a non-techie person who’s trying to make more ethical choices when it comes to tech. This is challenging when I find myself surrounded by lots of terminology I don’t understand! I’d really like to understand electronics better but find that kind of thing very difficult to learn.
I found Framework by searching online for something like repairable laptop, after coming across the Teracube and Fairphone. Once I understand how my requirements of a laptop translate into what parts to select, I’m going to order a FW16.
I’m a software engineer who likes free software, OCaml, Rust, etc. I’m also a longtime thinkpad fan who’s been increasingly annoyed at them. Last straw was soldered RAM on my last laptop. I heard good things about frame.work in the past and on the recent Oxide and Friends podcast, and got a factory seconds 11th gen. It’s awesome, I love the display ratio (much bigger screen than classic wide 13" ones), assembly was super smooth (there’s magnets everywhere! Torx screwdriver!!!), installation was reasonably easy. Archlinux runs very well on it. I’m thrilled to be using a repairable, powerful laptop as my main machine!
Hello to all. I’m Ed Conway and live in Dallas TX. born and raised in Buffalo NY and due to economic conditions moved to TX in 1980. Began my computer education doing punch cards back in the late '70s. Once in TX I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to install two computers in our facility as a test. Back then there was a thing called DOS. We had our arguments and I was educated in why we needed buffers. But after 13 years and installing 80 computers, a Novell Network and being the only person on the team I can say it was fun, gave me some brain burn, but I enjoyed it.
I have been on an Apple iPad for the last several years but losing my love for eating apples when I stumbled on Framework. I like the concept, I like hands on, I like to think my way through a solution and from what I can see, I am excited.
I believe the general public should be allowed to choose their components ( and Framework appears to be using quality ). I also believe that modular upgrades are the way to go. Some of this is a little heavy for me, but the dendrites need to be used so I will join this community and see where it takes me. A yes, if you have done the math, I am 80 years old, but don’t let that fool you youngster, bring it on. See ya on the board
I’ve been watching framework for a while and love the idea of the modularity and it being user serviceable…
I’ve been using and working on computers since an Amstrad with a tape drive, orange screen, and 64kb of ram was bought to help me complete school projects… my handwriting hasn’t improved! Hehe
Many years later, many computers later, I’m still working in IT, with large corporations… helping them solve their business problems with technology…
The old Dell laptop will be retired, when the AMD Framework arrives, hopefully later this week. Looking forward to putting it together…
Hopefully it will be reliable as I will be travelling a lot between mid NSW and Brisbane, QLD, Australia next year… and I suspect it will travel with me all the time.
I’m a software & firmware developer with a focus on low level / hardware stuff and security (aka. “crypto” before it got a bad name ;).
My desire for a modern notebook which will stay with me for a long time and reduce waste and ecological impact made me now an owner of a Framework 13 AMD notebook.
I joined the current FW16 preorder manufacturing batch tonight. Professionally, I’m a SysAdmin, but I’m also a student on the tail end of my degree program with WGU. I’ve been a fan of the Framework model since I first discovered it. I already had a 14" laptop, but it’s starting to show its age now, and the FW16 will make for a nice graduation gift.
Hello, I am a system admin and the team is due for new laptops we have all decided to get the Frameworks as a team. Running Linux in a Windows environment and the convenience of customization is why I decided on FW16.
Hello. I am a software engineer looking for a 13 inch portable laptop that supports Linux. Framework seems amazing and I will be joining the gang soon. Thought I should join the community first and explore how everyone is feeling about the 13 now that 16 is out.
Hi, I am Till Kamppeter, leader of the OpenPrinting project and therefore responsible for printing in Linux and many other operating systems.
I am also looking into buying a Framework (the 13 model) and would like if prnters and multi-function devices could also get more modular and repairable …
I am a math graduate and software engineer, total noob with hardware, I just oredered a DIY Framework 13 with no OS, it looks like the first steps are very well documented, so looking forward to receiving what I expect will be my computer for the next decade. The way you can configure it and even change your mind later and order an additional part to make a variant or upgrade of your machine is so neat!
I’m a Sr. Client Services Technician at a public university for my day job. Other than that in the technology space I dabble with a few things. Currently my main projects are my Ticket Auction Manager (dbob16/ticket-auction-manager on GitHub), which is a Microsoft Access database which can ODBC Connect to a MariaDB backend for high-volume penny social auctions (mainly for non-profit fundraisers); I’m also currently working on ticket-auction-manager-py which is a Python version of the same project, for those who don’t want to be dependent on Microsoft products.
My work and repo updates bounce back and forth between being done on my Framework 13 DIY (13th gen Intel, works great) and a custom built desktop. I also use my Framework to work logistics of local penny social auctions using my Ticket Auction Manager project, as well as giving presentations about internet safety.
I lurk on and off on the forums and reply to topics which I feel I can add value to.
My Framework laptop will mostly be for home use. (I might write my next book on it… if the keyboard is good?) I’ve been a loyal Apple user since before it was what the cool kids were toting: ever since 1992. I always bought premium Apple gear in an effort to run games in my spare time. Eventually I tried a Windows desktop for gaming while keeping the Mac for “proper” work. And you know what? Windows 10 wasn’t as awful as I had feared. Debian was fine, too.
Faced with the hike in Apple prices, a decline in quality and the virtual inability to repair their machines, I decided to be scammed no longer. So goodbye Apple after 31 years; hello Framework.
i’m a self-confessed nerd and decided that I would spend the cash on an upgradable laptop to be greener and future proof. patiently waiting for a 16 because the led matrices wowed me enough (who doesn’t like blinkenlights?)
i’m not particularly qualified or decorated like some here, but i’m always willing to learn more about the sand we tricked into doing maths. i have a lot of half finished projects, but i think i want to focus more on software stuff at the moment since that’s where i’m most rusty, but i do enjoy hardware and maker topics, too.
Welcome.