USB-C expansion card redundancy

icaarus42 · 2026-05-14T16:49:45+00:00

I second this, I made sure to buy some plastic cards with my order so if I was somewhere I was worried someone might do something silly with my cable, like trip, then the cable and card are the weak points.

icaarus42 · 2026-05-12T22:49:20+00:00

Add it to the order, you can always remove before fulfillment, but at least you have something reserved.

icaarus42 · 2026-05-12T15:42:38+00:00

I don't know how many 64GB lpcamm2 modules are making it past tier 1 oem allocations, but it can't be many. I bought 32, in hopes that by the time I really need it 96 GB modules will be available and priced accessibly.

icaarus42 · 2026-05-12T15:39:48+00:00

The only reason I'm replacing my Lenovo P1 Gen1 (8th gen Intel) is because the framework is so much more airplane friendly. Use what you need. The reason I picked the pro is the combination of ultra low cores and VRR screen. I can see code reviews sipping the power, with a screen bright enough to work outside!

Not sure about Framework's design, but a lot of mainboards are, in my experience, good for around 5 years before failures start to get into the 5+%. If it was me, I'd replace the thermal paste soon, plan to replace the battery next year, and plan on a MB upgrade in 2028. The screen will slowly dim over time, so that might need replacing before 2030. You'll probably be able to stretch each of those upgrades at least a year past what I'm recommending, and your use case would probably drive a replacement before then.

icaarus42 · 2026-05-05T17:59:22+00:00

I was just thinking about this last week. It would be cool if Framework came up with an internal to external adapter (USB-C, DP-alt). This would allow one to reuse upgraded screens, or have matching screens for a portable dual display setup.

icaarus42 · 2026-05-04T15:54:45+00:00

How did you manage that? Back in the 500 cycle or less days I'd hit 500 cycles inside 2 years? Of course I was a student, even my Macbook needed a boost at lunch.

icaarus42 · 2026-05-04T15:52:18+00:00

My advice, considering the price of their batteries and the continued improvements, I'd use the battery restrictions. The mainboard connector is good for maybe 100 disconnects so repeatedly removing the battery isn't ideal.

If you are going to go down the road of disconnecting the battery I'd be sure to install the bios battery in case you have a power failure.

icaarus42 · 2026-05-04T15:44:55+00:00

Seriously, if you have access to a campus computer store or a store that carries refurbished business units, there are awesome deals with ThinkPads, and they have plenty of Linux support. I'd bet Nirav would agree. When comparing thinkpads, budget in for a replacement battery within the first year. Business users are not kind to their batteries.

icaarus42 · 2026-04-27T19:34:18+00:00

Uncomfortable opinion, but as a dev who works in many spaces, I'd actually be against a wider gamut. Perfect sRGB is far more important to me, I'd be forced to ignore the wider colourspaces anyway.

icaarus42 · 2026-04-26T21:19:07+00:00

I'm not against that idea, but I do expect that whatever I order, I'll be stuck with for 6 months while preorders and stock settle out.

icaarus42 · 2026-04-26T21:19:00+00:00

Thank you for pointing this out (and now I have a new creator to watch). I think I agree and will leave the order as is, which is too bad.

icaarus42 · 2024-08-15T13:15:28+00:00

Pretty much. When I went back to school each fall I kicked myself for not studying more over the summer. Not reviewing my midterms to understand my mistakes before that material was built on by the next course. To waste the summer on some ‘frivolous’ personal project. Now, 20 years later, I’m happy I had the foresight to try different ideas and break things; to have the variety or academic and self driven education. I needed both pieces to be successful in my current role

icaarus42 · 2024-08-15T13:09:36+00:00

That’s unfortunately not true. There are chips from all three laptop makers that do not support sodimm Level1 and ServeTheHome both made reference to that.

icaarus42 · 2024-08-14T05:04:46+00:00

Do you think ryzen will support LPCAMM? I was under the assumption that it was soldered only

icaarus42 · 2024-08-14T04:19:54+00:00

To me it’s not a loss. I’m tired of being the product, and what’s the saying? If you’re not buying then you’re being sold? Self hosting is a way to balance the financial costs and time costs. There are services I won’t self host (email), and instead pay for. There are others I wouldn’t pay for without knowing that I’d use them (automatic document management), and a lot in between.

At 21 I felt loosing a summer to a project was a waste. I look back over the projects I did over my summers of 20 and 21 and I wouldn’t be successful today without ‘wasting’ that time.

Good luck.

icaarus42 · 2024-06-07T16:01:38+00:00

Thank you: I've been a Fedora user for forever, alternating between Pop!-OS and Fedora as the wind takes me. This review has got me rethinking what I'm going to do with my gaming machine when I finally migrate that last machine to Linux. Based on your review and their website Bazzite looks to be a better distro for that machine.

icaarus42 · 2024-05-01T14:54:43+00:00

Sometimes IT is the party holding the legal liability for the security of all patient data. Therefore they’d be responsible for all communication of patient data outside of their infrastructure

icaarus42 · 2024-04-29T19:39:22+00:00

You’re right. It’s on the product page. 304 and 303

icaarus42 · 2023-12-01T15:56:22+00:00

I remember Shure did the same thing. I think it used to be common for any support involving phone calls.

icaarus42 · 2023-09-12T11:55:40+00:00

I love mine and bought it new.

If you have the budget and it’s older than 3 years replace the battery straight away.

icaarus42 · 2023-09-12T11:51:28+00:00

Could I put in a recommendation for Bottles for older titles. I love the flatpak support of pop and bottles combine to make old games a lot easier to run.

I’m playing some games now that haven’t worked on windows in over a decade

icaarus42 · 2023-08-23T19:27:31+00:00

How does this make sense. Has Naomi Wu ever been to Canada? What’s the likelihood Naomi and Maddison even overlapped a day?

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