I am looking to buy a new laptop, and I’d be interested in the Framework laptop. What I like are the replaceability and upgradeability of parts, and the fact it is not (to my knowledge) tied to any large corporation.
However, they are not available for Switzerland, and there is no telling if and when they will be. I’m not dead set on having replaceable parts, but I’d at least like to have something that would not cause issues if I were to install a Linux distrib’ on it (I had a Surface Pro, and had trouble setting up a Mint on it due to missing drivers for the keyboard). And helping smaller companies is a nice plus.
What would your recommendations be?
Make friends with a German. We’re not that bad. Hehe…
Along that idea, there are mail forwarding services that will accept delivery of items in their home country, verify the contents, then forward them to you. OP, I don’t know what companies do that for Switzerland, but that would be worth checking out.
The reason the framework won’t be available in Switzerland is because Switzerland is this weird sort of independent enclave in the middle of the European Union. Because of this a lot of products are not available in Switzerland that are available in surrounding countries so there’ll be plenty of mail forwarding Services I imagine.
System76?
+1 for System76. Linux support by default and they ship to Switzerland
Just fyi, there plastic can be pretty bad. I have two of their laptops and they use very cheap plastic. Both have the hinges messed up. I can’t take them anywhere anymore.
Love popos and their desktops, but until they fix their laptops, I wouldn’t buy one of them again.
Yup, my Lemur has completely lost one hinge; I’ve actually got the case duct taped together at this point. Their customer support was really bad when i contacted them about it; they tried to get me to agree to charges before they even told me what they were charging me for: it took me days of escalation to get the answer that they were going to ship me a part but had no instructions or videos for installation and didn’t recommend end users do it. I’m actually looking at Framework now instead; I’m pretty done with System 76 at this point.
Yep here’s mine https://imgur.com/a/FS4d5e9
The plastic on the bottom that connects to the hinge is warped. If they put a tiny bit of metal like some dells it would help them.
Old Thinkpad 😎
I’ve heard good things about Tuxedo . No idea if they’re available in Switzerland.
I’m honestly looking for something with a bit more vram than either of these companies offer. I’m 99% new to Linux, I want to play games on my laptop, but I’m dead set on not getting tied down by Win 11.
I got a Slimbook executive 14 (spanish company), which is identical to Tuxedo’s infinity book pro 14.
Loving it so far! Not helpful on the vram front though.
The only thing that might do it ( assuming you want thin and light) would be a razer blade with a 3000 series nvidia they must be fully compatible with linux, otherwise their lambda labs tensorbook collaboration wouldn’t work.
There’s nothing truly like a Framework, because they’re a whole unique category of one. But if you just want something that is user serviceable there are other options.
I’m a big fan of my Star Labs laptop. It came with complete disassembly and reassembly instructions, and pretty much every part is available to buy individually as a replacement. It’s not magically “plug and go” like a Framework, but if you’re comfortable with a screwdriver you should have no trouble.
They’re a Linux specialist small independent producer, too. And being based in the UK, imports to Switzerland should be more straightforward than imports from the States.
