congrats and welcome to the community!
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so real
Hey all,
Iām a 2 year dev starting off in Ruby on Rails
Looking forward to one day being able to get my first framerwork laptop 
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Hello everyone, and especially the Framework team!
I am an electronic design engineer, working with very high-speed digital logic, parallel processing with FPGAs, and embedded processor systems. I have used Linux since before the kernel turned v1.0.
I really like the hardware design of the Framework laptops, the reported support, and the Framework business model. Everyone I have met with a Framework laptop has given it glowing reviews.
I should be ready to order one, but there is a realāapparently ongoingāproblem with the firmware support model. Depending on proprietary firmware for āpackagedā PCs is a mess. It is clearly worse for smaller volume, reconfigurable products like the Framework laptops.
My preferred solution, would be for you to enable and encourage development of open-source solutions for the firmware. You could build your mainboardsāmaybe in collaboration with the Coreboot projectāwith features to accelerate development of of open firmware. One example would be to have an A / B flash for safer testing. This would be a small marginal cost, and a great advance for your goal of sustainability.
For those of us who care about privacy, this would also allow you to minimize the intrusive proprietary firmware so common on Intel and AMD PCs.
You might even be able to collaborate with System76. I understand that they are developing open source firmware written in Rust for their computers. For them to do this, they would have to have a deep understanding of all the functions required in the firmware.
I hope you can do something to fix your firmware problem. I see it as a black eye on an otherwise excellent computer.
Cheers!
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Welcome to the community Matthew!
Welcome to the community Bob, and thanks for the suggestions and feedback!
Hey there!
Iām a DevOps consultant by day, software developer by night and got the Framework 16 last week, mainly for dev and all the VR/3D stuff I make on the go.
Happy to be around here, Iām really curious about community-made extension cards.
I also wrote some thoughts about the first week of use on my blog, but TL;DR: so far so good, super satisfied :D
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Welcome to the community Jae! Happy to hear that you are satisfied so far!
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Hey everyone, Iām November and I got a framework 13 to use while in college for computer science. I wanted a laptop that I could trust to last me through all four years without dying on me, and I remembered framework from the LTT investment a couple years ago.
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welcome to the community!!
Hi, I am a 26 year old gamer and tech enthusiast that found out about Framework after seeing how right to repair is being advocated across the Internet. And I think Framework is really doing the right thing here for RtR.
I hail from a country in Southeast Asia, which is still not yet covered by Framework. I look forward to seeing Framework expand to Asia. I really love the modularity of the laptops so far, and the 16 is honestly quite something I will ever buy to replace my current Lenovo gaming laptop. The opportunity for upgrades really made me love this brand.
Keep up the great work, team. Looking forward to seeing you in Asia.
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welcome to the community!!
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Hello everyone,
Iām John and iām thrilled to join this amazing community of Framework enthusiasts! Let me introduce myself:
ā¢ Nationality: Iām Belgian 
(and proud of it!). Not French, just to be clear.
ā¢ Languages: I speak both French and English fluently.
ā¢ Age: 30 years old.
ā¢ Discovery of Framework: I found out about Framework thanks to Linus Tech Tips, which Iāve been following for many years.
Professional Background:
ā¢ By day, I work as a Product and Web Manager at IHPO.
ā¢ In my free time, Iām a Software Engineer, primarily coding in Python, with some recent exploration of C#/C++.
ā¢ Proud owner of a Framework Laptop 16 
Current Projects:
Iām currently working on an open-source software project called Framework Hub PY, designed for Framework Laptop 16 and 13. Itās a Windows 11-focused tool for now, but I plan to port it to Fedora in the future.
Looking forward to connecting with like-minded enthusiasts and sharing ideas!
Cheers,
John D.
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Welcome to the community John, thanks for the detailed introduction!!
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Realized I didnāt introduce myselfā¦ Oops
Sup, Iām Soni, from the country of dbrand and short tech guy (Canada) and am 18
I think I discovered about framework around when the laptop 13 was first released in early 2021 22. But I finally for a 16 this October because I finally had an excuse lol (college for 3D animation).
And as the community grows, Iām hoping to get more reason to flex on friends with upgrades and turn them to the dark (but repairable) side 
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Welcome to the community Soni!