Hi,
On 01 May 2026 at 12:57:38, Aryan Karamtoth wrote:

On 01/05/26 11:47, Maytham Alsudany wrote:

Hi Aryan,

On Sat, 2026-04-25 at 15:16 +0530, Aryan Karamtoth wrote:

Framework caught my attention recently as I discovered that they have a 12'' inch version of their laptop line up and I was curious about the Linux compatibility on their laptops and I came to know that they officially support Fedora, Ubuntu and Bazzite but they also listed Mint, Arch and NixOS as community supported ones [1].

They also announced Framework 13 Pro with Intel Panther Lake CPU lineup [2] and it's an official Ubuntu Certified laptop -- which means it comes with Ubuntu pre-installed and works well with the hardware out of the
box based on your configuration [3].

[...]

Is there any firmware/drivers required for Framework laptops that are missing from Debian, or does everything work out-of-the-box after a
normal Debian install with main and non-free-firmware repos, including
all the different configurations that Framework provides?

[...]

I'm not exactly sure if framework laptops run out of the box with
Debian as I don't own one yet but Framework mostly aims to use
hardware that is readily compatible with Linux.

[...]

I'll take the example of Framework 12, their most recent laptop release.

Framework 12 has a minimum requirement for the kernel version which is Linux 6.1. Their recommended version is 6.13+ and for the best experience, they recommend the latest Linux kernel version. [1]

I don't have the links with me but I remember reading about some person on Reddit trying out a framework 12 with Debian 13 and they said it works well out of the box.

I'm sure someone else might have a Framework in the Debian project who might provide a first hand experience of using it with Debian.

Framework is also open to collaborating with other distros so they might
send us some hardware for testing if we all agree on this and reach out to them.

For what is worth: some people documented installations of Debian on
their Framework devices:
https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/FrameWork
I recently did it for my Framework 13 AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 (not that Pro version): https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Framework/Laptop13/AMD_Ryzen_AI_300_Series
I am happy to answer questions (here in project@, but I think that it
might be off-topic for debian-project; or discuss in another mailing
list if you point me where or direct email). Or just add details on the
Wiki if anyone would like to know more and I have time.
Summary: I haven't tested the fingerprint reader, I had to add a Kernel parameter for X11 (this was the most annoying thing to do), I had to
setup things manually for changing the brightness or volume. I didn't
need to install anything outside Debian.
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Carles Pina i Estany
https://carles.pina.cat | carles@pina.cat | cpina@debian.org


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