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We’ve reduced the price of our B-stock Factory Seconds systems and now have a Framework Laptop 13 barebones configuration available for under $500 for the first time.

This is the i7-1165G7 model, so it has healthy performance too. Our Factory Seconds systems come without memory and storage, so to reduce the all-in price, we’re making refurbished DDR4 available at half the price of new.

News from the @FreeBSDFoundation

"A frequent request from the #FreeBSD community and fan base is a curated list of laptops validated to run FreeBSD out of the box. To this end, we've recently begun discussions with one of our favorite laptop companies, FrameworkPuter
Stay tuned!"

We really, really don’t want to have to make a printer, but wow.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/hp-ceo-blocking-third-party-ink-from-printers-fights-viruses/

We make computers for people who like computers.

We also make computers for people who hate computers.

We love you all, but sometimes you are a lot. So, we're hiring a Community Support Manager!

We're especially looking for someone who has a combination of technical depth with computers, familiarity working in a support context, and excellent communication skills.

https://jobs.lever.co/framework/0c2b9cdb-c60a-4cfe-b2a8-392dd35f77e4

The core of our brand today is: Instead of either being afraid of or pandering to power users, tinkerers, and enthusiasts like most consumers electronics companies do, we respect them.

Our long term mission is to extend this respect to everyone else too and hopefully turn some of them into power users by giving them access that others won’t.

Just a Black Friday reminder that we don’t do time-based sales. Instead, we keep pricing predictable. We also apply permanent discounts on last generation, refurbished, and factory seconds products: http://frame.work/outlet

Instead of enticing you to buy a product when you may or may not need it, we keep pricing stable so that when you do need it, it’s always at the lowest price to date.

Help a friend in need.

Framework 13 With AMD Ryzen 7040 Series Makes For A Great Linux Laptop @phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/review/framework-13-amd

Enough memory for all of your Chrome tabs?

Need a lot of hinges? We've just increased the Framework Marketplace item order limit from 4 units to 9 units on all items: https://frame.work/products/display-hinge-kit?v=FRANFB0001

We did it!

Framework Laptop 16 really can play games.

Bad Apple, anyone?

Framework Laptop 16 can play games.

Pushing the envelope with triple A titles here, folks.

Now to get some questions answered:

- For evaluation only. Yes, it's just a label. This card is what comes with the AMD iorders from us.

- Wait, didn't I read on some random blog that MediaTek cards are....Look, I use this card everyday. It's great on Ubuntu 22.04.3 and Fedora 38/39. Bluetooth connections are also solid.

- What is the frequency range with it? Currently iw list shows frequencies 5955 thru 7115 MHz using kernel 6.5-7-300 (Fedora).

AMD's RZ616 WiFi 6E card is now orderable in the Framework Marketplace. Somehow we've ended up being the only legitimate seller of this module anywhere (in stock in US/CA, soon in EU/UK):
https://frame.work/products/amd-rz616-wi-fi-6e

https://www.pcgamer.com/framework-13-amd-mainboard-review-performance/

This is a company that:
1. Entered a category where products traditionally lasted decades
2. Built a $17,000 product that was obsolete within a few years
3. Produced a self-congratulatory marketing video starring an Oscar winner about how environmentally friendly they are. https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/2/23900158/apple-watch-edition-gold-2015-obsolete-unsupported-beyonce