▲ 174 ▼ Framework goes full fash, supports Hyprland and Omarchy (awful.systems) submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by BlueMonday1984@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems 85 comments fedilink hide all child comments In case you haven't heard the news, Framework went and publicly sponsored Hyprland (the most toxic part of Wayland by a country mile) and openly shilled Omarchy multiple times (the pet project of fascist shithead David Heinemeier Hansson) recently. In response to well-justified backlash against this, founder Nirav Patel responded with FOSSbro platitudes about "[creating] a big tent" for open source". If you've got any more updates on this self-inflicted shitshow, put them here so they can be collected in one place. (In retrospect, that AI-pilled Framework Desktop should've been a major red flag they were gonna pull this shit.) EDIT (2): Found a solid summary of the situation, and a solid teardown of Nirav's actions - recommend checking them out.
[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 12 points 1 year ago (7 children) https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] bilb@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) These are expensive and not especially performant, though. Cool, but not the most practical choice on any kind of budget. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] istewart@awful.systems 9 points 1 year ago Agreed on pricing, but something this low-volume is always unfortunately going to struggle. The RockChip stuff is a current darling in the FOSS-compatible hardware scene, but I'm not super enthusiastic about it yet. If there isn't an OS image you like, you've got to cobble one together with U-Boot and the DDR support blobs, which is a circa-1999 level of "fun" permalink fedilink source parent [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (4 children) Just my personal opinion but that thing looks ugly af permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bitofhope@awful.systems 5 points 1 year ago (2 children) I'm not a fan of the rainbow keyboard but at least it can be turned off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I think the transparent keycaps around the trackball are also contributing to the revulsion. Not sure why that does not seem to be a configurable option at the time of purchase, but there are probably aftermarket keycaps you could get if needed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bitofhope@awful.systems 3 points 1 year ago True, those aren't my cup of tea either. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HyperlinkYourHeart@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago Yeah it wouldn't be for me tbh. It looks like a luggable from the 90s. Their new one looks somewhat better but I think it is only available for preorder at the moment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) These are expensive and not especially performant, though. Cool, but not the most practical choice on any kind of budget. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] istewart@awful.systems 9 points 1 year ago Agreed on pricing, but something this low-volume is always unfortunately going to struggle. The RockChip stuff is a current darling in the FOSS-compatible hardware scene, but I'm not super enthusiastic about it yet. If there isn't an OS image you like, you've got to cobble one together with U-Boot and the DDR support blobs, which is a circa-1999 level of "fun" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] istewart@awful.systems 9 points 1 year ago Agreed on pricing, but something this low-volume is always unfortunately going to struggle. The RockChip stuff is a current darling in the FOSS-compatible hardware scene, but I'm not super enthusiastic about it yet. If there isn't an OS image you like, you've got to cobble one together with U-Boot and the DDR support blobs, which is a circa-1999 level of "fun" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (4 children) Just my personal opinion but that thing looks ugly af permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bitofhope@awful.systems 5 points 1 year ago (2 children) I'm not a fan of the rainbow keyboard but at least it can be turned off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I think the transparent keycaps around the trackball are also contributing to the revulsion. Not sure why that does not seem to be a configurable option at the time of purchase, but there are probably aftermarket keycaps you could get if needed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bitofhope@awful.systems 3 points 1 year ago True, those aren't my cup of tea either. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HyperlinkYourHeart@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago Yeah it wouldn't be for me tbh. It looks like a luggable from the 90s. Their new one looks somewhat better but I think it is only available for preorder at the moment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 5 points 1 year ago (2 children) I'm not a fan of the rainbow keyboard but at least it can be turned off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I think the transparent keycaps around the trackball are also contributing to the revulsion. Not sure why that does not seem to be a configurable option at the time of purchase, but there are probably aftermarket keycaps you could get if needed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bitofhope@awful.systems 3 points 1 year ago True, those aren't my cup of tea either. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I think the transparent keycaps around the trackball are also contributing to the revulsion. Not sure why that does not seem to be a configurable option at the time of purchase, but there are probably aftermarket keycaps you could get if needed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bitofhope@awful.systems 3 points 1 year ago True, those aren't my cup of tea either. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 3 points 1 year ago True, those aren't my cup of tea either. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HyperlinkYourHeart@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago Yeah it wouldn't be for me tbh. It looks like a luggable from the 90s. Their new one looks somewhat better but I think it is only available for preorder at the moment. permalink fedilink source parent
