Framework - Laptop 13 (Intel 13th Gen)

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Thanks @balko. I hope this helps.

Installation

  • Any problems with installation: none, disable SecureBoot beforehand
  • Was latest kernel required?: no, R4.2.0 installed out of the box
  • Were some additional kernel options required?: additional boot parameters were not needed to have a successful install

Basic Input

  • Keyboard: works, PS/2
  • External USB mouse: works, usual sys-usb allow applies
  • Touch-pad: works, shows up as 3 devices: PS/2 mouse, i2c mouse, i2c touchpad
  • Touch-pad supports “tap as click” and scrolling with 2 fingers works: 2 finger scroll works as PS/2 and i2c touchpad, touchpad settings available after switching to i2c touchpad in settings
  • Display brightness change shortcuts: does not work out of the box, see above on Framework-recommended workaround (blacklist/unload a module)
  • Sound volume shortcuts: works
  • Keyboard led and keyboard brightness change shortcuts: works, but this is probably a standalone function and not dependent on host OS
  • Output of xinput --list from terminal of dom0: but my clean dom0…
[admin@dom0 ~]$ xinput --list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ FRMW0001:00 32AC:0006 Consumer Control  	id=9	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ PIXA3854:00 093A:0274 Mouse             	id=10	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ PIXA3854:00 093A:0274 Touchpad          	id=11	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse         	id=13	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                   	id=3	[master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard             	id=5	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=6	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                            	id=7	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ FRMW0001:00 32AC:0006 Wireless Radio Control	id=8	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard            	id=12	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ FRMW0001:00 32AC:0006 Consumer Control  	id=14	[slave  keyboard (3)]
  • Check if keyboard and/or touchpad is PS/2 connected (how to check): both available as PS/2, but touchpad also available via i2c. Paused sys-usb to entertain you though, keyboard and touchpad work fine as expected.

Internet and bluetooth

  • Ethernet cable connection - works out of the box or actions were required?: not tested - Framework sells USB Ethernet expansion cards but do not have any for this test
  • Ethernet cable connection - speed: not tested
  • Wifi connection - works out of the box or actions were required?: works
  • Wifi connection - speed, is reliable over the time?: works, reliable, works with WPA3 networks, PHY negotiated with 802.11ax up to 1200 MBit/s but only seeing 600-700 Mbps speedtests. Could just be resource limitation of the qube, or local network/clearnet weather.
  • Bluetooth - works out of the box or actions were required?: no. Intel AX210 showed up as USB device in sys-usb, and in my mind sys-usb should handle Bluetooth. So I get the qube online to install blueman, enable/start the bluetooth service, and try to coax blueman-applet to show up but doesn’t work. I can connect the Bluetooth card to sys-net which already has blueman installed, just not enabled, and running blueman-applet there does get me a working tray icon. I connect a mouse but get denied input policy. Could use some help with this one, @moonlitOrca any thoughts?
  • Bluetooth - shows devices, connection process works, sound output or copying works: device search works, more work required to get Bluetooth working.

Suspend

  • Suspend/Resume works - works out of the box or actions were required?: s2idle suspend/resume works out of the box. deep suspend requires some boot parameter work.
  • Does resume breaks WiFi, if it does, how to recover it?: works
  • Does resume breaks Bluetooth, if it does, how to recover it?: not tested

Video [increase VCPU to the qube before test]

  • Fullscreen and windowed video playback of youtube - 720p/1080p/2K/4K in Firefox. Does it drop frames?: 4k@60 vp9 and 720@30 av1 video: about 10-20 dropped frames/half second fullscreen. It’s alright but could be better. This is on battery.
  • Video file playback of file using mpv/mplayer/smplayer - 1080p? Higher resolutions and bitrates?: did not test
  • Multiple displays configuration works (using available DP/Thunderbolt, HDMI or other video ports: only tested USB HDMI, works

Audio

  • Speakers (sound playback) (was sys-audio used?): works out of the box, speakers aren’t the greatest but serviceable.
  • Head-phones via 3.5" jack (works, automatically turns off speakers?): works out of the box, clicks as if turning off when no activity for a bit
  • Sound output via HDMI: did not test
  • Audio-optical (S/PDIF) output: N/A

Fans

  • Are fans silent on idle?: yes
  • Are fans noisier than on Windows/Linux?. If they are, was thankfan or similar software tried?: no, equally silent on idle

The fan on this gets loud under max load though, at least under Windows. Video playback test was moving some air but still quiet.

Other

  • Have you tried running Windows 10 HVM qubes?: no
  • Does CPU boost seem to be working properly?: xenpm get-cpufreq-para reports turbo enabled on all cores. Haven’t tested beyond that.

Specs:

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