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@mangeurdenuage Hmmm, for super new hardware like this it would not be because of FSF's understandable stance on firmware.

Specifically, the binary blobs the kernel loads into the WiFi card, GPU, and CPU at boot (iwlwifi for BE211, GuC/HuC for Arc B390, microcode updates for Panther Lake). The drivers themselves are in the libre kernel, but they're useless without the firmware to feed the hardware.

Our biggest breakthrough in efficiency yet, the Framework Laptop 13 Pro with 20 hours of battery life. In Graphite.

Linux-first with options for Ubuntu pre-installed. Featuring Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 3 processors, LPCAMM2 Memory, a new haptic touchpad, and a touchscreen display.

Pre-orders for the Framework Laptop 13 Pro open now: https://frame.work

We’re live!

https://www.youtube.com/live/uqFDIR00Mwo

Some of the last reasons to stay on Windows have been gaming related. Both the time from installation to in-game and gaming performance on Bazzite are now actually better than Windows on many games, and living room usability is more seamless too.

Playing with Omarchy on Framework Laptop 12 https://omarchy.org/

Our next update is coming. Tune in August 26 at 8am PT to see what we’ve been building.

Set a reminder on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/OZRG7Og61mw

Break free of bureaucracy. Work on something you care about with people who care too. Quit your bullshit big tech job. We’re hiring.

We’re currently looking for:
1. A Senior Product Marketing Manager with depth around Linux
2. A Community Escalations Specialist in the Support team

https://ats.rippling.com/framework/jobs

With Framework Laptop 12 shipping, we've also published mechanical CAD of the Mainboard to our GitHub repo to enable re-use.

https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/Framework-Laptop-12/blob/main/Mainboard/2D/Framework_Laptop_12_MB_Generic.pdf

Wanna change the world with us? We're hiring! A special call out to those with Windows and *Linux* chops. Other key must haves in the "What you need" section.

https://ats.rippling.com/framework/jobs/66ee8c26-51c1-49a1-a0f0-41a4aad476fd

We’re continuing to scale up our Linux distro partnerships, now with
@linuxmint

We provide pre-production hardware to developers and maintainers to help drive the maturity of the Linux experience on new processor platforms.

Framework Laptop 12 pre-orders are now open for all countries we ship to (including the US!). DIY Edition starts at $549. http://frame.work

https://frame.work/ca/en/laptop12

As a reminder, we’re partnering with Hack Club, a non-profit that helps student makers and coders build incredible projects. When you place your pre-order, you have the option to add a donation to Hack Club to help students get access to Framework Laptop 12. If you choose to participate, we’ll move your pre-order into a prioritized shipping batch. You can learn more about this program here.
https://frame.work/hacktheworld

We’re opening US pre-orders of Framework Laptop 12 on April 10th at 9am PT. DIY Edition starts at $549 and is available in five colorways: Black, Gray, Lavender, Bubblegum, and Sage. If you prefer not to assemble your laptop, we also have pre-built options in Black, starting at $799. We reserved manufacturing capacity to be able to ship US pre-orders alongside existing pre-order batches, which means first shipments are in June. You can check out the full specs on our website while you wait!

Update: Tariffs on imports from Taiwan to the US have returned to 10% for 90 days. With that, we’ve returned US pricing on items we manufacture in Taiwan back to their original pricing.

Framework team right now.

We’re continuing to monitor changes to tariffs, and we will make additional adjustments if needed. For non-US customers, there is currently no tariff impact, and we’re keeping the same pricing and availability of our products.

With 32% tariffs on Taiwan in effect, we’ve increased system pricing for US customers by 10%. For now, we’re absorbing the remaining tariff cost. For our lowest-priced base configurations, where we can’t afford to absorb the tariffs, we’re currently pausing sale to the US.

Due to the new tariffs that came into effect on April 5th, we’re temporarily pausing US sales of a few of our base Framework Laptop 13 systems (Ultra 5 125H and Ryzen 5 7640U).

For now, these models will be removed from our US site.

We will continue to provide updates as we have them.

Who wore it better?

Thanks everyone for the patience waiting in the queue for our website. This is substantially more traffic than we’ve ever seen. Apparently a lot of you want the new products!