Those of you on laptops with buttonless "clickpads" –
- How do you click? By tapping? Clicking? Pressing a specific corner of your touchpad?
- How do you right click and middle click?
- How do you scroll?
- How do you click-and-drag with the middle or right mouse button?
Honestly clueless about all of that, as I've been using Thinkpads with physical buttons and trackpoints all my life…
The context is that my current Thinkpad seems to have reached the end of its life. :/
The 13-inch Framework laptop seems like an interesting replacement machine. Those of you who have one – what are things you like/dislike most?
Are there other very repairable/open hardware/designed-for-Linux laptops I should look at?
@blinry I have a first-generation Framework Laptop (the DIY model). Like you, I bought it to replace a ThinkPad. I love the TrackPoint too, but the Framework’s touchpad is good enough as a replacement.
My main word of caution would be that Framework support is horrific. There’s a known issue with the first run of Frameworks where bad firmware drains the battery, even when the laptop is fully powered down. Despite acknowledging the problem, they have yet to fully resolve it. Multiple firmware updates that were supposed to fix the issue didn’t. Their current position is that the Framework Laptop is not appropriate for users who won’t be plugging it in at least once a day, though they only say this to affected customers who have contacted support; it’s not mentioned to potential new customers anywhere.
Lots of people have bought them and had no problems, so if you never have to contact support, it can be a very positive experience. But if you ever do have to deal with their support, my advice would be to keep a bottle of Advil close at hand.
@jalefkowit @blinry never had this problem. First gen DIY would have been years and years ago. Forum support (and email) is amazon, from the community (HT @framework and @frameworkcomputer itself who post there
