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Re:The Framework Laptop by likesfwlaptop on Thursday February 25, 2021 @11:16AM (#26264446)
Hello, glad you're here but I'd urge you to remember that while a minority at HN is highly knowledgeable and technical, hn is an hive-mind opinionated niche and hope that you'd make decisions that widen your reach among general populace so that your firm survives to make money and eventually more such laptops. (Also, hopefully your laptop will play with linux as well as Lenovo's at some point in future).
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Re:The Framework Laptop by teekert on Thursday February 25, 2021 @11:30AM (#26264629)
Did you find they don't work well with Linux? That'd be a big shame, I think the Foss crowd likes these kind of initiatives.
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Re:The Framework Laptop by mymindstorm on Thursday February 25, 2021 @12:01PM (#26265025)
It seems like it will work just fine:

> For those of you who love to tinker, we’ve also created the Framework Laptop DIY Edition, the only high-end notebook available as a kit of modules that you can customize and assemble yourself, with the ability to choose Windows or install your preferred Linux distribution.

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Re:The Framework Laptop by whitten on Friday February 26, 2021 @02:26PM (#26278761)
The modularity of a Framework Laptop promises a lot of good. I know there are some workplaces where having wifi working is not permitted. Is this modular enough to have a wired networking plug and not have a wireless wifi ?

Thanks for your info

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Re:The Framework Laptop by NicoJuicy on Thursday February 25, 2021 @12:25PM (#26265345)
Pretty rude and then you ask them to focus on <2% of market share...

Perhaps there are more urgent tasks for "targeting the general populace to reach profitability".

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Re:The Framework Laptop by tomtheelder on Thursday February 25, 2021 @12:44PM (#26265620)
I think you've interpreted the comment you replied to completely backwards.
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Re:The Framework Laptop by NicoJuicy on Thursday February 25, 2021 @02:02PM (#26266712)
You sure? It's a new account and it's a totally weird comment without any real value.

Ps. That's why I hate potential sarcasm.

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Re:The Framework Laptop by input_sh on Thursday February 25, 2021 @01:53PM (#26266589)
It might be <2% of all market, but amongst tinkerers? I'd be surprised if it's below like 10-15%.
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Re:The Framework Laptop by ogre_codes on Thursday February 25, 2021 @04:33PM (#26268611)
This is what I was thinking. Maybe even more.

If this laptop doesn’t support Linux, it’s a big missed opportunity.

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