I personally use a ThinkPad Z13 (all AMD; it's nice but pricey), but I'd recommend getting a Framework (which wasn't an option for me back then). I think modular and repairable laptops are cool, plus they seem to be well supported by the Linux community.

[–] Lumilias@pawb.social 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

The only caution I would provide on Framework is their relative lack of BIOS updates: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/frameworks-software-and-firmware-have-been-a-mess-but-its-working-on-them/

They don’t have a BIOS updater for Linux (yet) and they have a history of overpromising stable updates. I get they’re hamstrung by upstream providers, but it’s a bad look on them to basically deliver a promised Thunderbolt update 1.5 years after announcing it. The CEO did say at least that they’ve hired on a new development team to get things moving, so hopefully they’ll be able to catch up.

Everything else I’ve heard about Framework is stellar.

[–] kelvie@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I updated my AMD framework BIOS using fwupd last weekend with no problem on arch.

[–] Lumilias@pawb.social 1 points 7 months ago

Thanks for the info. I wonder if it’s just the older Intel laptops that need the catchup then.

[–] wwwgem@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago

I've been watching on the framework machines for my next one. It looks like fwupd support them for BIOS updates. Framework owners will know more for sure.