My Framework Laptop
/Hello again! Long time no see. I recently received the i7-1185g7 variant of the Framework Laptop and have been loving it! Apparently I was one of those lucky ones in the First Batch that shipped.
Anyway, I’ve been quite surprised to find out that the fingerprint reader works perfectly fine, out of the box, in Fedora 34. See below for a snapshot of the Fedora setup I’m running on this lovely piece of modular tech:
Sweet-Dark theme Fedora on the Framework laptop
I’ve also already plastered the Framework with stickers, as I did my prior Thinkpad P51.
Framework Rear with all my stickers
The Thinkpad P51 this is replacing, also stickered
Now that I have Fedora 34, my comfy Linux distro so to speak, loaded up on the Framework, I’ll give a bit of an overview of owning it for two weeks or so.
The entire device is modular, as I’m sure many saw on the recent LTT video. It also has a functioning fingerprint reader in the top right that can be used for running anything that requires sudo access, logging in, signing keys etc.
One thing I’ve enjoyed the most after getting this device is sinking up with the community over at the Framework Community Page and on their Reddit. Going to try some eGPU setups soon with the RX 590 8GB I have laying around to see if I can game on this in the future as well. Currently, I believe we’re awaiting a firmware update,, as I’ve seen in my testing with an Akitio Node at work, but I have hope for the future.
I’ve also recently seen a really cool discussion around a possible battery pack expansion like what was on the Thinkpad X220 here and a fantastic thread about using Elementary OS by co-founder Cassidy on the Framework here.
Jumping into the Framework community and using this modular thin and light is not only quite the departure from my Thicc Boi Thinkpad P51, but also my first time using touchpads in many years. I believe the last time I used a touchpad was on a Powerbook.