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Framework goes full fash, supports Hyprland and Omarchy (awful.systems)
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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: Found a solid summary of the situation in the wild - recommend checking it out.

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[–] HyperlinkYourHeart@lemmy.ml 23 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Who are the other companies?

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

These are expensive and not especially performant, though. Cool, but not the most practical choice on any kind of budget.

[–] istewart@awful.systems 7 points 1 day 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"

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just my personal opinion but that thing looks ugly af

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not a fan of the rainbow keyboard but at least it can be turned off.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago

True, those aren't my cup of tea either.

[–] HyperlinkYourHeart@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day 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.

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (4 children)
  1. Shift, an ecoconscious, as-yet untainted tech brand from Germany
  2. I thought Lenovo, but I seem to be wrong - they were playing with concepts, nothing on the market yet.
  • If you wish to buy from Shift you might need to enable a translator, as I believe their store is only in German.
  • The only bone some people have picked at in terms of Shift's ethical values is that they manufacture in China, but Shift maintain that their labour standards within the factory are kept high
[–] HyperlinkYourHeart@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

Interesting, thanks, I hadn't heard of Shift.

[–] flaviat@awful.systems 5 points 2 days ago

Nice, the shift phone is pretty well supported on postmarketos and their choice of firmware looks consumer friendly

[–] istewart@awful.systems 5 points 2 days ago

I am often skeptical of tablet/keyboard hybrid designs (the PineTab 2 has not exactly been a roaring success for me) but that ShiftBook is straight-up a more visually appealing design than any Framework

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

HP launched modular laptop, and Dell did a concept.

Of course, this is largely in response to Framework. Not like they'd do it on their own.