Nice, Ubuntu LTS (22.04) seems to fully work out of the box. Although I’d have expected more distros to work like that (even the officially-supported Fedora needs some extra steps to get everything running and its stability is described as “some risk”).
Not yet fully since fingerprint is not supported in all variants.
Also with the "stability" topic. This can mean everthing from hibernation issues to power management.
I think Framework knows exactly why they don't offer preinstalled Linux yet.
its stability is described as “some risk”)
I wonder if that just means that Fedora is (almost-but-not-quite) rolling release, and thus is inherently riskier if you need stability? That's how I interpreted it, but if it's referring to some kind of Framework-specific issues, then that's concerning.
I'll say it again: I want to buy one of these. They're awesome (from what I've seen). It'd be my Linux laptop. But I'm a Mac guy and after the novelty wore off, it'd go unused. Still, if Apple fucks up their OS enough, this will be my escape hatch.
You might want to experiment with Ubuntu some day. It can be installed to a Mac if you have one lying around, and the default Ubuntu experience is surprisingly Mac-like.
I have spare computer hardware and I've installed Ubuntu, Fedora, and Asahi. I like them. Not enough to switch, but maybe if Apple keeps letting their software decline.
I love my Thinkpad (X1 Yoga) and have been a Thinkpad addict for a long time. These frameworks look really good on paper and seem to be doing everything right, but I'm too scared to leave the warm embrace of the red nipple.
