Framework Is Teasing A Lot Of Linux For Its April 21st Event

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Stevie Bonifield

is a news writer covering each things user tech. Stevie started retired astatine Laptop Mag penning news and reviews connected hardware, gaming, and AI.

Modular PC shaper Framework is hosting a “Next Gen” event connected April 21st astatine 1:30PM ET, and it looks for illustration it mightiness person thing to do pinch Linux. Alongside a newsletter announcing nan event, Framework posted a video connected Thursday titled “Follow nan achromatic penguin.” It features a fewer clear references to Linux, including nan iconic penguin, nan “I usage Arch btw” meme, and a changeable cycling done respective Linux distro logos, including Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, CachyOS, and Bazzite.

It besides said its products are disposable successful 4 caller countries (New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and Singapore), though it suggested holding disconnected connected orders until group spot what’s announced later this month.

Framework’s announcement for nan arena doesn’t springiness distant much, but acknowledges nan supply shortages and rising costs facing user tech astatine nan moment: “Memory, storage, silicon, and everything related to it is being consumed astatine unprecedented levels successful a ‘winner takes all’ title to an AI-first world.” Framework has been transparent astir several value changes successful consequence to these shortages complete caller months.

The announcement goes connected to reside immoderate imaginable concerns astir nan company’s fate:

“You mightiness beryllium reference each of this and thinking, is this a farewell missive to individual computing? Is this nan extremity of Framework? No, this is simply a manifesto. No matter really inevitable nan AI-takes-all script whitethorn sound, arsenic agelong arsenic location is simply a personification successful nan world who still wants to ain their intends of computation, we will beryllium present to build nan hardware that enables it. That intends computers that you tin ain astatine nan deepest level and do what you want with, whether that is choosing your OS, modifying your hardware, aliases moreover conscionable keeping your information and computation section alternatively than leased from nan cloud. We won’t get location each astatine once, but we will ever beryllium fighting for a early wherever you tin ain everything and beryllium free.”

Framework is livestreaming nan arena on YouTube, but willing fans tin besides apply to be nan arena successful personification successful San Francisco, wherever they tin meet nan squad and effort retired caller products.

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