One year ago the #Framework13 AMD Ryzen 300 AI series got released. It has a neural processing unit (NPU).

Unless you compile your own kernel and a bunch of modules and toolchains the NPU hardware is still unusable on any Linux distribution out there.

One year later and there are zero end users on that NPU on Linux. It's dead hardware.

When (if at all) it's integrated smoothly, the NPU hardware will be outdated hardware.

#AMD 🤝 #Framework that's what Linux-first looks like? 💩🏆

I've made a DIY Framework Wi-Fi expansion card from scrap electronics!  

The Wi-Fi board was scavanged from an old and long dead tablet. After desoldering, testing it and noticing that it was connected internally via USB 2.0, I've hooked it to an USB-C breakout board, fitted it together with its antenna in a 3D printed expansion card case, secured everything together and... it works!

I don't have an actual use for it right now as my Framework already has a working newer internal Wi-Fi interface, but it might be useful sometime in the future... and nevertheless, making something work out of components that would otherwise just be headed to a landfill always puts a smile on my face!  

(BTW the lid has also been made by cutting a sheet of scrap polarizer taken from a dead laptop screen down to size. I did it simply because it was something easy to cut and would do the job just fine, but it also ended up looking rather cool in person! )

#framework #framework13 #laptop #tech #electronics #usb #usbc #diy #recycle #reduce #reuse

Ha, un petit retour d'utilisation à mon niveau très personnel de mon laptop #Framework13.

J'avais lu pas mal de mauvais retours sur la qualité de leurs firmwares, et du faible nombre de mises à jour.

Et bien peut-être que les choses ont évoluées. C'est vrai, j'ai bien eu des problèmes de mon côté avec leurs firmwares.

Mais je me dois aussi d'être honnête : je n'ai jamais eu un laptop avec des mises à jour aussi régulières, et qui changent vraiment les choses.

#Framework

I'm a laptop weirdo and that's why I like my new Framework 13

https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/im-a-laptop-weirdo-and-thats-why-i-like-my-new-framework-13/

#HackerNews #laptopweirdo #Framework13 #techenthusiast #innovation #laptoplove