That's a great point. I suppose Framework wasn't necessarily the one to push for this.

The fact that they are fine with holding approval authority implicates them in my mind. Though, I guess this is tougher when form factors are open source and all parts are very easy to find. DeepComputing can kind of make whatever they want (with whatever restrictions they want) and naturally be associated with Framework's brand.

Any external sharing of user experiences of the Early Access Program must be approved by DeepComputing and Framework before publication.

Yikes. I like Framework (have had one for a few years now) but this is not what I expect from them at all.

Once they drop this requirement and get to normal (removable) memory and storage I'd pay double this though!

Oh even better! Thanks for the note

Agreed. The only way I see this helping the community is if folks post the outcome of discussions in a searchable way, like on the official Discourse. Most don't.

If you're determined to join a group like this, the Nix/NixOS Matrix is a better option since it's already 4k+ strong.

I'm more of a dust man, myself. It runs recursively so it's easy to pinpoint the culprit.

[Image source: the project's README]

Cool video and channel. Thanks for posting!

TLDW:

[It was a cool attempt that may have spurred mobile Linux devs in an important way. Removable battery + hardware switches for communication subsystems were genuinely innovative and in tune with community interests. Also it was bad. 8 year old CPU, software that was trying to do everything everywhere all at once, cameras that didn't work then technically did. Pine64 still exists and the Pinephone Pro is a thing (that the presenter hadn't tested).]

Presenter was generous when describing the end product. It seems to me like they want to like it but came to the same conclusion as most did -- it's definitely not a daily driver. That said, it doesn't have to be to remain a cool product.

Do give them a watch though if you have a chance. This is from a <1k subscriber channel and was well put together.

It's mostly Mastodon. (Shoutout to @RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works for posting the link to FediDB)

I immediately thought this was salt. Maybe I'm the monster.

Is this some Network Allowed problem that I'm too Network Not Allowed to understand?

Ma-trix! Ma-trix!

Agreed. That said, with a few remotes and a cron job git could facilitate "duct tape and zip ties" federation.

Save some sex for the rest of us