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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Overheads are not that crazy. They at least have some way to allow swapping of cusion, and the battery is much larger than in-ear ones, making them last longer (less cycles) and easier to replace. Though you wont get fancy open-backs.
Fairbuds look very interesting.
I believe the suggested source if one wants to purchase fairbuds XL in the US is clove technologies - https://www.clove-technology.com/search?q=fairbuds*&type=product
Murena also sells the fairbuds (but not the XL version) in the USA, but their store doesn’t seem to be working atm. (Edit : Their store is back up and they do sell the XL version now seemingly, with a fair bit cheaper shipping than Clove which ships from the UK I believe)
I think a company could well improve on the fairbuds for making modular headphones, but it’s perhaps worth noting Framework’s audio has been one of their weaker aspects thus far.
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A CAR! Like Apple lol 
An expandable, rebuildable powerbank would be nice 
Dual/triple usb port plug in card - the slide in port cards that do more than one function - like an audio jack and a USB port - use all the available space on each expension card by doubling up where possible
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Please let the Intel Core Ultra 200H boards have Thunderbolt 5!
I will upgrade without hesitation from my 11th gen.
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If I would upgrade my Framework Laptop 13 years ahead from now. An powerful Linux-based ARM-board would be my first choice.
An PebbleOS smartwatch with a color e-ink screen with higher DPI and smaller bezels than Pebble/Coredevices.
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@nrp given the recent AOSP thematic, custom roms, such as GrapheneOS will have a difficult time maintaining even Google Pixel devices.
While custom roms might not be super popular as of now, having a repairable (and upgradable) phone with privacy respecting OS options might be exactly what many people would want.
Years ago Google disappointed many people waiting for Project Ara.
A “Framework 5” would be the perfect addition to a Framework Laptop and could be a better alternative to other current “repairable” phones, that have terrible Android support.
[!!!] Currently, the GrapheneOS lead is even considering their own production of phones, as Google starts making things proprietary. This would be a great opportunity for Framework - may it be in the design or also manufacturing of hardware.
Here the thread on X of the GrapheneOS Team: https://x.com/GrapheneOS/status/1933177989480456365
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Given that one of Framework’s weakest areas currently is software/firmware it would be a really bad idea to venture into the thorny land that is smartphones when they still have major issues with most of their product’s software/firmware.
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That’s an excellent point. Wish we could argue it’s not so. I’ve seen some say it’s improving. I haven’t kept close enough track to know how much, but I don’t believe it’s up to where it should be yet.
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As someone with a Surface Go 4, I too would love a Framework Tablet Surface replacement in this size as well. I think now that the Framework 12 is a thing we have a technical foundation for other touch based products.
That said I STRONGLY feel that the Framework 12 is going to become my main laptop.
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I only have experience with the Framework 16. At first, bios/firmware update frequency was acceptable. I want to say an update every 2 months or so. But that seems to have dropped off a cliff mid last year and we are now 6 or 8 months without any update to resolve very annoying and reproducable issues with the last update that was released. That’s not to mention the absolute zero updates to any of the FW16 features once the laptop actually came out, like the led matrix and keyboards. It almost as if they declared “done” once release came and dropped all support for it. That, or the flaws remaining are hardware and they are avoiding a recall at all costs.
I just don’t get this lack of support for their products. It does not keep customers coming and it slowly, but permanently, erodes their reputation and trust.
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“What should we build next…” - with three different laptops and a desktop under your belts? I think it’s obvious: a Framework Mouse. Something that can be customised for gaming or productivity with different shell colours and button options. Just an idea, just a thought - but how many of us would leap at getting one?
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Mouse sounds great. Considering the widely varying tastes in mouse form factors, colours and button preferences there would be a good case for mouse internals that can be made to fit a wide array of shells, maybe even 3D-printed ones! Also it could provide easy acces to change to the kind of switches everyone likes.
(including a good vertical one with a cable which would be awesome for me).
And it goes with the theme they started with the special keyboard switches they presented at the 2.gen event.
For wireless ones, they could probably provide an expansion card that is a dongle and usb-c at the same time (similar to that community-based dongle-usb-c project).
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Absolutely - and they already have a market with the number of people who have bought laptops and desktops from them and would leap at the chance for a branded mouse.
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