[HN Gopher] Framework 13 AMD Setup with FreeBSD
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Framework 13 AMD Setup with FreeBSD
Author : hggh
Score : 45 points
Date : 2025-03-25 13:34 UTC (3 days ago)
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| mcflubbins wrote:
| I finally pulled the trigger and bought a Framework 13 AMD this
| year due to two things:
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| This repo: https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/freebsd-on-
| framework
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| And this: https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/laptop-support-and-
| usabil...
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| Sadly, I'm running Windows on the thing at the moment, due to
| needing a reliable laptop for a long-distance work trip last
| month. But will definitely be putting FreeBSD on it in the next
| month or so.
|
| Also, I've had zero regrets on the purchase its a very nice
| laptop!
| 42772827 wrote:
| Is anyone here using Framework with GNU/Linux and not with a big
| list of caveats? That means suspend working, battery life above 6
| hours, palm rejection working, wifi working, fractional scaling
| working?
| 2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote:
| Are you using a supported distro?
| nrp wrote:
| See https://frame.work/linux for the distros we recommend for
| each generation.
| jfyne wrote:
| I am. Running arch with sway. Im on an older intel one,
| everything just works.
|
| Suspend works Fingerprint reader works Battery life when not
| running heavy workloads is around 13 hours
| buildfocus wrote:
| All except fractional scaling worked for me out of the box with
| Mint. Fractional scaling isn't working just for Linux reasons
| rather than a Framework limitation (in my case, I'm using
| Regolith, and wayland is still experimental and not default).
| erinnh wrote:
| Cool to hear that Regolith is working on sway support!
| Currently, Im using a Gnome extension for similar tiling
| window support. But its really really buggy.
|
| I loved the idea of Regolith, just not the idea of going back
| to X11.
|
| Will need to keep an eye on progress.
| derekp7 wrote:
| For fractional scaling on my Fedora setup under Gnome, I just
| load up the Tweaks tool, click on Fonts, and adjust the
| Scaling Factor on the bottom. This seams to work about as
| good as fractional scaling would (at least for me). I used to
| need to also set the default scaling factor in Chrome /
| Firefox separately, but they seem to be picking it up
| correctly now too.
| waterthrowaway wrote:
| KDE+arch works perfectly out of the box
| jjice wrote:
| Ubuntu 24.10 - works just fine. I lose about 1% battery per
| hour while suspended. I've made no Os config changes. It just
| works like most Linux experiences I've had the last few years
| with not bleeding edge hardware.
|
| Battery life while using is super variable by task, so it's
| hard to give a data point. The battery life is _fine_ for me,
| but nowhere near an M series MacBook in my experience
| kwanbix wrote:
| Well, M Series is the best experience that there is. What is
| important is how much use time you get. If you get 8 hours,
| you can work just fine. 12 would be ideal. More than that
| yes, but since I charge at night is not a must. So the
| question is how much time do you get.
| ancaster wrote:
| Yup. Framework 13 AMD with Fedora 41, gnome or sway. Works
| great.
| buckle8017 wrote:
| That really depends on which main board you're using.
|
| The latest AMD board is not perfect for Linux (yet).
|
| The oldest Intel board is basically perfect.
| ploxiln wrote:
| Yes, I've had the Framework 13 AMD ryzen 7840u for about 1.5
| years. First few months had a lot of "use this distro with this
| kernel" but after 1 or 2 linux kernel releases it's been good,
| on Arch Linux with Cinnamon Desktop on Xorg with 150% scaling.
|
| It can be helpful to enable the "Game mode" in the bios to
| allocate more system memory to graphics, this can avoid some
| weird crashes triggered by hardware video decoding and such
| (probably more important for the first year or so, maybe not so
| much now).
| tristan957 wrote:
| Battery life is much better recently, though I couldn't tell
| you why. The other day I streamed video for hours on end after
| starting with a full battery. That was an awesome feeling!
| Brian_K_White wrote:
| No worse than all the same with my X1 Carbon or Vaio.
| vhodges wrote:
| NixOS, with Cinnamon DE and all of that seems to work just
| fine. I am plugged in 99.9% of the time so can't comment on
| battery life but it doesn't seem to use much the hour or so
| when I do occasionally unplug.
|
| I also don't use the fingerprint reader but that's supposed to
| be working too.
| ahdanggit wrote:
| Something both this blog post and the Github Repo[0] do not point
| out very clearly is that the stock wireless card that comes with
| (if you choose it), at least, the AMD 13 isn't supported by
| FreeBSD[1]. Of course, you can swap it for a compatible one
| though.
|
| [0] https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/freebsd-on-framework
|
| [1]
| https://wiki.freebsd.org/Laptops/Framework_Laptop/13_AMD_Ryz...
| returningfory2 wrote:
| If anyone from Framework is reading, I've noticed something weird
| about your website which I think would be worth fixing. When I go
| to the Framework Laptop 13 page [1] the only buttons I see are
| "pre-order now" which makes me think I can't buy one today. But
| when I click "pre-order now" and go to the shop, I can choose
| older version of the 13 and buy them today.
|
| Context is I've a friend who told me last night he wants one of
| these laptops but that they're not currently available...overall
| seems the website is a bit misleading on current availability.
|
| [1] https://frame.work/laptop13
| macote wrote:
| It's the AMD 7000 series that is available. Only the AI 300 can
| be pre-ordered if I understand correctly, and that's the one
| being referenced by the featured model on that page.
| mrbonner wrote:
| Could someone with a Framework desktop let us know the situation
| of:
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| 1. Running Linux 2. Inference speed of any of the LLMs
|
| I'm thinking about getting the 128GB one.
| StrLght wrote:
| Framework Desktop won't be out until Q3 this year. Other
| devices with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 are just starting to ship.
|
| At best, you may find answers to these questions in a few
| months.
| qchris wrote:
| If anyone's interested, there's a slightly more recent update on
| this work at the link below, dated about a week after this post
| (23 March vs. 16 March 2025 on the main link).
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| [1] https://euroquis.nl/freebsd/2025/03/23/framework.html
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