Look, we know System76 laptops are based as fuck. I mean, Coreboot, Open source firmware, PopOS, and a fucking open source mobo in the works, just so fucking based.

But man, these framework laptops look cool too. Completely modular and easy to work on. Looks like the company has proved it isn’t going to go under anytime soon.

I’m debating what to get once I feel like upgrading from the trusty ol ThinkPad. What would you buy?

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    I find it very weird and it feels very nationalist/right-wing. In other countries the USA does not bring the concept of “freedom” to mind and, whilst it may be fine to Americans, doesn’t really make me want to get involved with them as a potential international customer.

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        Not that I think necessarily the left/right wing divide as we currently know it can be applied to history like that but I’m not so sure we can categorise the hyper-religious separatists as not being right wing at all. Either way, history isn’t the point here, the association many have of the kinds of people that tout “1776” everywhere tends to be the wife-beater wearing, massive pickup toting, 2fa enthusiasts obsessed with tramping people’s rights in the name of “muh freedums”.

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      Gonna be honest: as an american, with the political situation around here right now, it does make me feel less comfortable with them as a company knowing that

      Although I preordered the framework 16", so I’m not exactly in the market for a new Laptop rn anyway

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        They registered the domain in 2003 and started selling in 2005. I don’t think it is fair to apply current right wing rhetoric to a name selected 20 years ago when it was more neutral (as were flags).

        If they start marketing Proud Boy Linux I might reconsider that stance.

        I won’t buy from them because their main software guy said some stupid stuff a while ago when he was mad at gnome and it came across as both inaccurate and needlessly antagonistic.