… 3 Comments In addition to announcing the Framework Laptop 13 Pro today, Framework Computer at their next-gen hardware event also previewed the OCuLink Dev Kit for attaching high throughput peripherals like external GPUs eGPUs to Framework Laptops. …
… HP already supports LVFS/Fwupd on their hardware from some laptops like the ZBook Ultra G1a to different workstations like the Z6 G5 A and then some peripherals like USB docks. …
… With the Framework Laptop, the touchscreen "just worked" as did other basic functionality from the KDE desktop on FreeBSD, including peripherals like a wireless mouse. …
… With EC driver behavior matches that of Windows, suspending device with lid open powers off the peripherals." A big improvement for the Dell XPS 9345 on Linux to avoid various thermal/power issues plaguing different Snapdragon X laptops. …
… Making this new driver all the more exciting is that it was worked on by ARCTIC directly compared to the typical workflow for such desktop/consumer hardware peripherals often being left up to the reverse-engineering, open-source community. …
… The instigating use case for this functionality is an interesting bus topology on Apple Silicon laptops with multiple codecs. Most Apple Silicon laptops have six codecs split into groups of three, driving a pair of dual opposed woofers and a tweeter for L/R stereo sound. …
… This can be useful for quickly backing up a system from one host to another, sharing of web cameras or other peripherals across systems, or other environments where not having networking or wanting to avoid the traditional Linux networking stack. …
… Making this new driver all the more exciting is that it was worked on by ARCTIC directly compared to the typical workflow for such desktop/consumer hardware peripherals often being left up to the reverse-engineering, open-source community. …