Brother laser printers have scanning in paper sizes.
And I found a scanner brand that Linux supports.
I am eyeing buying one in the future.
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I’d seen the CZUR brand before–looks good.
In my case, I need a gravity-fed ADF that is capable of one-pass duplex scanning. I do occasionally need a book scanner like the CZUR units, but at tax time, I need something that can blast through hundreds or thousands of pages, including long receipts that are longer than US Legal’s 14 inches.
That said, we in the LINUX community may have to support CZUR with our dollars even if we don’t particularly need a book scanner, just to signal that there is a market here to serve. And theoretically, the book scanner’s not that different than an ADF scanner. Perhaps CZUR could produce an ADF model soon.
Thanks for the tip!
I’ll definitely look into Brother for my next printer. I remember them having outstanding macos support too, but I got burned when I bought a low-end Brother and it physically broke quickly/early. That said, ALL printer brands appear to produce garbage now, even up to the $750 price segment. Anything costing less than $750 is basically destined for the landfill in 2 years or less.
An external ai processor, like the prototype lenovo showed.
Could help many people who want/need to use local ai to keep their computers for longer, quite in line with frameworks mission.
[Lenovo showcases a USB-C connected AI Stick with a 32 TOPS NPU on board | Tom's Hardware]
I sometimes use a Fiio Bluetooth widget, bit smaller than a pack of gum, has a clip, couple buttons, microphone, and a headphone jack, supports AAC over Bluetooth. Charges via a USB-C port.
Don’t get me wrong, those are slick little devices that let you use any headphones wirelessly. But it’s not really any more repairable or less disposable than a pair of wireless headphones. Granted, at least you’d only have to replace that little device if it dies, rather than a whole set of headphones. But I still think it would be cool if Framework made some wireless, open-back headphones that were easily repairable.
Yeah, agreed, that would be cool. I was just mentioning the dongle in case you didn’t know about them, as a recommendation. Myself, I’ve already got a few pairs of favorite wired headphones for different circumstances, so the flexibility is nice.
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