That’s still not quite what I’m looking for.
It’s not the “not paying for Windows” angle for me. I don’t care much about that.
I can just treat it like an unused part of the package, like a foreign power adapter. It might even be useful someday.
What I really want is to positively pay for vendor Linux support, pre-installed.
I want the vendor to benefit from Linux and know why they’re supporting it for me.
I guess they could change that in the future though so it’s still worth keeping an eye on.
That only applies to the prebuild laptop. The DIY edition gives you the option to buy the laptop without an operating system. It's fairly easy to assemble the DIY edition yourself and save money by DIY.
They officially support Linux: https://frame.work/blog/linux-on-the-framework-laptop