MKBHD is a tech youtuber (maybe the biggest?) who normally uses a Mac, but he got a Framework 13 Pro with Ubuntu and has been using it for a few weeks now.
MKBHD is a tech youtuber (maybe the biggest?) who normally uses a Mac, but he got a Framework 13 Pro with Ubuntu and has been using it for a few weeks now.
I think they gave him a Framework laptop so that he could ensure Omarchy works well on it, not money, right?
The main issue most people have is Framework’s response, they claimed they were a “big tent” that accepted people like DHH, and there was a lot of promotion of Omarchy on Framework’s social media as well.
Instead of apologising, he didn’t budge.
I still think FW is better than the other companies though (Asus, Dell, Lenovo, HP especially, etc.), as they probably support plenty of equally horrible people. Most of them are also close to authoritarian leaders who don’t have a very good human rights track record.
There aren’t many good alternatives to Framework unfortunately, aside from buying used machines and more niche companies like System76, Tuxedo Computers, and Slimbook.
I do know that System76 recently released a Panther Lake device with competitive battery life, but it doesn’t have upgradeable memory (it’s a fixed 32GB for everyone, so at least it’s not soldered 8GB, but that also means it’s pretty expensive). It looks pretty interesting, and hopefully there will be more reviews comparing it to the FW13 Pro!
You might be right. They were (are?) funding hyprland to the tune of 600/mo. They definitely donated hardware and provided first hand social media promoting Omarchy.
They also donated a lot to DHH’s rails conference.
And Hyprland isn’t otherwise controversial, right, other than being picked by DHH to use in Omarchy?
Hyprland is also somewhat controversial if I’m not mistaken but not like DHH or omarchy. The people running the project have had some shitty transphobic takes and generally been poorly socialized asshats at certain points or something like that. But not overt Nazis, just ignorant and shitty at times. I dunno what ended up happening with any of those issues, from what I heard they were most loudly a thing a while ago now (I don’t use a standalone window manager and really haven’t followed things)
Hopefully someone can add some more context, but you should be able to research the stuff with hyprland and decide how that does or doesnt inform your choices, I think info about it should be relatively easy to find
Haha, I’m mainly asking to ensure we’re spreading correct information here - I’m not interested in Hyprland for other reasons already :) Thanks!
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