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  • Perhaps try installing it natively with the package manager in the OS instead of with flatpak.

    I’m starting to warm up to flatpaks but the one place I think they really don’t make sense is core OS stuff which I think is the case here.

    I’m not saying it wouldn’t work as flatpak, but I just think it would be better integrated if you install it directly in the OS, and I don’t see much need for sandboxing a shim like that.



  • So we shouldn’t house them unless and until we figure out all of the complex issues? They’re not going to benefit any at all, or have any possibility of getting on their feet, until we have a perfect solution?

    That’s what’s being said there: homelessness is not something we should do anything about, because of reasons. So let’s do nothing.

    That’s a fucking cop out.


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    Even if that is true, does it somehow invalidate the fact that they are also homeless?! Are they less deserving to be out of the elements because they have an addiction?

    That’s what I find so disgusting about this statement. It’s just an excuse and doesn’t address anything at all.

    Using his own “argument”, it would seem to me that a path to less addiction and violence would involve having a place to live and sleep.


  • I don’t know if this was true at some point, but this is definitely a false statement today.

    I have a Framework 16 w/o dGPU and it is perfect. It has long battery life, awesome performance, and has no thermal issues at all. Then there’s all the features which I don’t think I need to get into here. But I will call out support for lvfs/fwupdmgr; it’s great and in line with what I have seen with Dell and Lenovo.

    This is my forever laptop









  • You’re being downvoted, but you’re not wrong. At least in the case of the Ethernet module, which most people aren’t going to leave plugged in most of the time.

    The utility in the ports being modular is more so in the initial configurability at purchase rather than swapping them out by the user on a regular basis.

    But having a laptop with 4/6 USB-C is pretty nice. Add on the fact that my dongles don’t dangle and it is even cooler.


  • I disagree on the comment about cost disparity. Spec’d equivalently, even the Framework 16 (without GPU) is no more expensive than the smaller ThinkPad X1 Carbon. The more comparative Framework 13 even less so.

    The modular ports (and GPU on the 16) are a nice bonus, but I agree that the largest attraction is for the tinkerer.

    I think the fact that it is easily upgradable makes it a clear winner on the merits alone.


  • This was me, basically.

    I had a Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 10 that, by the books, should have been a beast with good Linux support to boot. I tried for so long, but ended up replacing it with a Framework.

    The thermal management on the Thinkpad is awful, under Linux at least but by all accounts attributable to the EC itself. Running the most basic workload would cause the CPU to spike for about one second before it would throttle all cores back to 400 MHz where they would stay locked for the next few minutes despite the CPU temps remaining at 50-60°C the entire time.

    And it wasn’t just me, numerous reports from all over. This made the system nearly useless. I shared pages of diagnostic info with them and they just seemed completely uninterested in trying to do anything about it.

    Spec’d out equivalently, the Framework 16 (without GPU) is no more expensive than the X1 Carbon but with even better Linux support and unsurpassable upgradeability. I’m glad my company was onboard for me to switch.