I am considering a purchase as a student although it is really expensive.

What are your major criticisms of the framework laptop?

E.g.

- I have heard that it discharges battery even while powered off (a very serious issue IMO).

Also, I will be using win10/11 and fedora most likely. So any Linux-related issues (e.g. hardware support) I would really like to know.

Thanks for any ideas.

  • 2b100k@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    - Battery life is below average, seems to be around 6-7 hours on my 7840U w/ Fedora on 25% brightness (Still quite bright)
    - Speakers are tinny at high volume
    - Seems there is no hibernate mode, so I lose about 8-10% battery overnight if not plugged in

    The pros outweigh the cons though

    • T2Small@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I have an 11th gen intel, but I had to do some manual legwork to make hibernate mode work. Once I followed the online guides, my 11th gen hibernates just fine. I would guess you need to do the same.

    • Termight@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      On my unsupported Ubuntu 23.04 and mainline 6.5 kernel hibernate works just fine, although I do lose the running applications occasionally. It’s not exposed in the UI though - I have to manually run systemctl hibernate