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Framework under fire for Omarchy/DHH/Hyprland support? (crimier.github.io)

submitted 1 day ago by Curmuffin@fedia.io to c/technology@beehaw.org

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You might’ve noticed Framework, the laptop manufacturer, embroiled in a controversy as of now. The Discord server is on lockdown because the volunteer moderation team has gone on hiatus, and the Framework forum post about the controversy has been gaining unsightly amounts of steam from people disappointed at actions taken by Framework.

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[–] heftig@beehaw.org 1 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

How did they do that?

[–] Liz@midwest.social 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

They didn't. Homie is just mad they expanded into an area that didn't actually need to revolutionized with repairability in mind. That's not abandoning repairability in the slightest. Mayyyyybe they're mad they're selling a CPU with soldered RAM, but they tried to make it with swappable RAM and it turned out to be impossible from a physics perspective. Something about the timing, if I remember correctly. They're really just selling that desktop because they were hyped on the CPU and thought it would make for a great enterprise workhorse. They threw it together crazy fast, too. It's not like it took meaningful time away from their other projects. I would imagine a good chunk of their business customers have been asking for a desktop so they can source everything from them, but that's pure speculation on my part.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 4 points 18 hours ago

they tried to make it with swappable RAM and it turned out to be impossible from a physics perspective

Not true. They could make it but with reduced memory bandwidth. They chose not to do it anyway.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

It's not repairable or upgradable, save for the SSD and power supply.