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Framework goes full fash, supports Hyprland and Omarchy (awful.systems)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by BlueMonday1984@awful.systems to c/techtakes@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 (2): Found a solid summary of the situation, and a solid teardown of Nirav's actions - recommend checking them out.

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[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform

[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days 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 8 points 2 days 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 3 days ago (2 children)

Just my personal opinion but that thing looks ugly af

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 4 points 2 days 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 3 points 2 days ago

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

[–] HyperlinkYourHeart@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days 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.