Episode 359: Ask Noah Show 359 | The Framework Laptop

This week a special guest joins The Ask Noah Show to discuss how approachable and easy Framework is making the purchase and maintnece of a modular laptop. Matthew Miller joins the program and we talk Fedora!

-- During The Show -- 00:30 LFNW

• Conference is re-scheduled (early next year)
• All other activities still going on

02:30 Framework Laptop Impressions

• First impressions
• Saw them in the wild
• Watched other manufactures make parts

06:05 Framework Owner Interview

• 13 years old
• House rules
• Previous laptop - ThinkPad X270
• What led you to Framework?
• What were your first impressions?
• How did the purchase day go?
• Why the DIY route?
• Order experience
• Very well organized packing
• Storage
• Everything is labeled
• First Power On
• OS - Kubuntu
• What is it like using it?
• X270 to Framework Comparison
• What distros have you tried?
  • Kubuntu
  • Ubuntu
  • Arch
• Long term expectations?
• Who is the ideal Framework customer?
• Gaming?
• Framework videos, labels, QR codes
• Any improvements on modules?
• disassembling
• What is the feel like?
• Over all 0-10?
• Expansion modules
• Tools included
• Highly polished hardware and software experience
• Framework

28:30 Matthew Miller

• What's new in Fedora?
  • under the hood improvements
  • packaging
  • build infrastructure
• 5 year strategy "Guiding Star"
  • double the number of contributors
  • better metrics
  • mentors
• Ansible came from Fedora
• Friends, features, first
• Tools & People cycle
• What is on the immediate horizon
  • change proposals
  • DNF re-written in C++
  • new installer UI
  • increased automation
• CoreOS and SilverBlue
• Why is coming to summit important?
• Getting things into RHEL
• EPEL repository
• Origin of Ansible
• Red Hat's method
• Red Hat is a good steward of OSS
• What's next for Fedora

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