[Discuss] still Re: Software Updating Program Called "software"?, but more https://frame.work/ laptops

[Kent Borg]

On 5/1/23 16:20, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey wrote:
> Getting Debian to work takes a bit more effort. You'll have to enable 
> non-free drivers to get the network card working, and you'll have to 
> add the fingerprint reader manually. I haven't tried it personally, 
> but people who say it works well once those things are taken care of. 
> There are threads on the Framework community site that detail what you 
> need to do.

That doesn't sound that far off what I did for this XPS-13. Non-free I 
have on, and I don't use fingerprint readers. Last I looked I thought I 
saw problems with things like hibernate to swap, but the specifics don't 
directly matter to me until this machine goes out of service, which I 
hope I can postpone a good while longer.

Thanks for the general report on the Framework machines.

Oh, a question: Because they are so easily dismantled, I am worried they 
aren't physically as tough as a machine designed to not be opened. I 
like using a little notebook computer as a very portable thing that I 
frequently carry about. How tough do they seem to you?

-kb