I went way overboard speccing mine so thenAussie tax was a big hit. Including the RAM & SSDs I sourced separately, over $5K 😭 I find the FW13 is reasonable comparable to similar 13in laptops, but the FW16 is pricier than comparable 16in laptops. Windows ones that is. As I’ve specced it its a total bargain compared to a 16in Macbook. That said, I was willing to eat the price difference for the modularity, the potential for future upgrades & to back Framework’s mission.

Also yes, I’m also desperately waiting for the release of an oculink module.

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I should have been more specific. Yes it’s the Secure Pocket Rocket

Loving the continuous transparency from Framework. Bought one for myself, when my father needed a new laptop got him onto the framework bandwagon. Now my wife has informed me to start budgeting - she wants one next year. Their behaviour to date is why I’m willing to get behind them & their products.

Dual booting Mint & Windows. Working a treat

How performant does it need to be? What’s the nature of the read/write behaviour? If it fits the profile of “fast USB drive” then you could potentially get away with 2 of these (https://frame.work/au/en/products/storage-expansion-card?v=FRACCFBZ02) configured in software raid and boot your OS off the internal nvme. That said, I feel you’d get more mileage with a second hand (and cheap!) micro PC for your paperless instance and save the framework as a laptop

Tasmania

Notesnook

Go for the pain tier (even though it’s FOSS) 100% worth it.

WFH > Office cubicle > Open plan chaos

Was a genuine challenge. I ended up purchasing a copy for my whole family so everyone can use it.

Threema

Where Signal is secure - Threema is private and secure (e2e encrypted, uses PFS but doesn’t need your phone number for sign ups. You can be 100% anonymous should you wish)

Started on lemmy.ml, when they were experiencing some performance issues I decided to “be distributed” away from one of the main instances. Decided on one geographically in my home country.

After leaving Evernote way back when I was in the wilderness for a while. Finally landed on notesnook, haven’t gone back since.

When I was 15, my dad purchased me a plaster saw (still have it) and handed me his drill.

Then told me to make it look neat, but “don’t fuck up because your mother will kill us both”.

I ran about 4 network points through the house.

Nothing like fear to produce a 100% perfect finish 😉