BlueMonday1984Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 2nd November 2025
To start this spooky Stubsack off, there’s signs Framework are being slow on the refunds:
Just a heads up I haven’t gotten a refund from my cancelled FW12 order. Framework seems to be having trouble figuring it out.
I don’t know why, maybe it is Canada or maybe it is a high volume of similar requests, but it is a sign I always find concerning in a company I am worried about the financial stability of.
Could be nothing, but if you have been wavering on a cancellation I figured you might want a heads up.
This comes two weeks after Framework’s public fash turn, and just a few days after their latest double down. “Go fash, lose cash” proves itself again.
Vrimj (@[email protected])
Just a heads up I haven't gotten a refund from my cancelled FW12 order. Framework seems to be having trouble figuring it out. I don't know why, maybe it is Canada or maybe it is a high volume of similar requests, but it is a sign I always find concerning in a company I am worried about the financial stability of. Could be nothing, but if you have been wavering on a cancellation I figured you might want a heads up.
i’m trying to sell mine now
but also i don’t have any other computers and probably can’t afford anything
time for me to learn to use a pencil
The market should be flooded with used business laptops that can’t be upgraded to Windows 11 but will take an easy Linux distro
oh fuck, thank you for the idea 💖
selflightly used thinkpads are the classic choice for this — IT departments buy high spec ones then dump them for cheap a few years later in surplus sales or on eBay, and there are usually repair manuals and spare parts readily available. usually you can type the specific model and generation into a search and get a wiki page or at least a couple blog posts reporting how well they’re supported under linux, and Lenovo seems to intentionally do very well on compatibility since Linux compatibility is a nice checkbox for an enterprise laptop to have. just be careful you don’t get bamboozled into buying any of Lenovo’s consumer laptops, since they tend to be a fair bit cheaper and don’t have the same compatibility guarantees, repairability, or ample spare parts availability.
thank you for the suggestion, this is good stuff.
sc_griffithmy laptop is a budget model from 2016 and it runs xfce smoothly and happily lol. i code on it and watch streams and play slay the spire and all the usual stuff
was on the lookout about a year ago, didn’t find promising enough back than, granted only checked a few places