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Happy with the Framework 12 Laptop

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 12, 2025

Quoting: Happy with the Framework 12 Laptop – Fading Memories —

Some months after ordering, it arrived, last Monday. I was in hospital, after getting my SRS operation (succesful, recovery is going better than expected!), but today, I was home, and even groggy from recovery, I managed to put it together and install KDE Neon on it. It’s that easy to assemble the colorful, cute self-assembly version of the Framework 12. Fun, too.

And when I was installing Neon (I might switch later on, I don’t need to be too stable here, this one is mine, and it’s for fun!) I noticed something.

Something weird and unexpected.

Read on

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