Super awesome! I was looking at this, but don’t want a new phone right now

Thanks for the write-up! Specifically I’m running a framework 13 7840U, so it’s ddr5, and that iGPU has no dedicated vram, it shares the main system ram.

I’m not looking for ridiculous performance, right now for small models I’m seeing probably 3 ish words per second. But when I put bigger models in, it starts to get ridiculously slow. I’m fine waiting around, really I’m just playing with it because I can. But that’s entering no fun territory haha

Never thought of that haha, sounds rough, but I like it

Just to add to this, you can do poor mans multi color by just telling the printer to pause at the exact later required, then change the filament by hand, and hit resume. It’s tedious, but it works, if you need it in a pinch 🤷‍♂️

Is this why I can’t get llama GPU acceleration on my 7840u with integrated 780m?

I’ve got 96gb of ram, I can share half of that as vram. I know the performance won’t be amazing, but it’s gotta be better than CPU only.

I looked into it once and saw a bunch of people complaining about lack of support, saying it’s an easy fix but had to happen upstream somewhere. I can’t remember what it was, just that I was annoyed 🤷‍♂️

Edit: accidentally a word

I don’t know any of the law for sure, but isn’t that a different argument entirely?

In one case, an EU resident buys a product in the EU, decides to use it while in the US for a week/month whatever. The argument is that he’s protected.

You’re saying that’s not true, because if he buys it in the USA, then he’s not protected.

But, that wasn’t the argument, was it? It’s different?

I’m constantly trying to touch the screen on my work provided laptop, and my FW13. I spent a long time with a fancy Chromebook for my couch computing needs, when away from the desktop.

Another vote here for framework 13. Love mine.

I’ve had mine about 4 months, minimal issues. I got a 7840U slightly on sale when the new AI 300 series came out.

I’m also running fedora 42, but it’s Bluefin, based on silverblue. Everything works out of the box.

My biggest complaint is the sleep battery drain, iirc it’s something like a few percent per hour, so I just get in the habit of turning it completely off if I’m not home with it plugged in. Otherwise it’s dead when I need it, which sucks.

Also the fan can be a little loud and overzealous under barely moderate load, though I’ve found keeping it in power saving mode helps keep things cooler. Though I’ve been using it for note taking during some schooling this week, and it’s been stone cold and silent, lasts all day on a single charge. So it definitely depends on your load. I appreciate having the power available when I need it, but wish it was better at keeping itself underclocked (or whatever it needs to do).

And finally the stock Wi-Fi 6 card in it gives some people problems with certain routers. Though I’ve only ever had problems with my parents starlink router 🤷‍♂️ That’s a quick $20 upgrade though, to Wi-Fi 7, I just haven’t needed to 🤷‍♂️

But still I’d buy another in a heartbeat.

Keyboard is great. Screen (2.8k) looks great to my eyes, though others say it has issues. No flex in the body. Touchpad is a little funky, but still great.

Plus when I want to upgrade the platform in a few years, or any component breaks before then, I can just fix it or upgrade it.

Highly recommend.

I’m on silverblue, well, bluefin, specifically.

So far so happy 🤷‍♂️

My wife has one, I don’t like to use it, it’s too aggressive for me.

I can reach my back with my arms. To get the spot right between my shoulders I have to reach up and come down from the top with one arm, while using my other hand to grab my elbow and pull it to push my hand low enough to get it more effectively.

Neat!

Why don’t you just get one beefy computer, then use something like Nucleus Co-op to split screen multiple sessions of the game on one TV?

Or if you’ve already got multiple copies of the game on multiple devices, you can use something like a multiviewer to split it up.

No need for a special TV in either case 😉

That’s good to know, thanks! I’m still just learning to touch type. I spent a few decades typing fast enough but always looking at the keys. This year I’ve started learning touch typing, I’m only a half dozen hours in, so still pretty new.

But when I get good I’ll take this into consideration! Thanks!

Interesting 🤔 why? Just curious

Oh now this is different than I’ve heard, some others have had issues switching back and forth. So maybe I will give it a try, once I’ve got qwerty up to a decent speed and I feel comfortable with it.

Right now it’s a problem because if I’m in a hurry, I’m tempted to type the old way, or a broken mixture of the two that messes with what I’ve learned. Not good. Gotta slow down and do it right, bah…

Thanks for the recommendations, I’m gonna put a 3d printed split board on my list of things I’ll definitely get to some day and totally won’t get pushed off the back of the furthest back burner lol

Very cool!

Honest question, does using a keyboard like this make you forget how to use a standard one?

I know op did it for the pain, so it’s a moot point. But if I did it just because it’s cool, and to avoid injury in the future, would I mess up my normal keyboard abilities?

I was with you until you started italicizing things and calling people lazy. It’s an honest question, you gotta chill bro

I’ve definitely pulled my hair out with docker too. Banged my head against the wall for a couple days before finally giving up.

I’m not ridiculously tech savvy, but I’ve tinkered with Linux since I was young, daily drive it on my laptop. I’m not afraid of the command line, and I’m smart enough to search for help and guides when I need it.

But something about docker just breaks my brain. Maybe I’m too old and there’s too much abstract thought required, I don’t know. But I can’t figure it out.

Thanks for this, but I apologize, I’m still confused.

You’ve described fixed gear, and geared, I think we now agree as to what these are.

But what is a single speed bike? I’ve never heard of it. Is it a geared bike, with only one gear, but still has a tensioner? So it can’t have hub brakes? Why would such a thing exist?

Good to know lol, thanks