You can vastly improve any laptops speakers with “easy effects” but some peeps have gone to great length to create a profile for the framework laptops:

https://community.frame.work/t/guide-framework-dsp-better-linux-audio/44645

and

https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/linux-docs/tree/main/easy-effects

Cheers, this is what I will go with!

Any advice/tips on getting linux setup on this laptop? Ive only ever used NVIDIA before so Im not sure what to expect.

Im currently using cachyos on a different setup aswell, big fan.

Any advice/tips on getting linux setup on this laptop? Ive only ever used NVIDIA before so Im not sure what to expect.

Cheers! looks like a good laptop

if its kde you can just right click on the taskbar, edit and then type in the desired width.

cheers but I still cant find any AMD GPU laptops with these brands.

The one I am after is sold out unfortunately

thanks for the recommendations guys, but I cant seem to find any AMD GPU laptops anywhere other than framework - they are rarer than rocking horse shit.

copypasta levels

brilliant, Im excited to try it - cheers for sharing it with the world for free.

The more the merrier - have you had a chance to try anytype out?

they have this local sync function that works even without any internet (sort of like a LAN?)

its been really handy for me as I often work in places without internet, but retain the ability to sync between laptop & phone.

(Also are notifications and kanbans on the roadmap?)

In regards to your last point, this is something I always overlooked and couldnt understand why my laptop was severely underperforming (thermal throttling)

Ive never seen a distro utilise any form of fan control that works with my hardware, but utilising NBFC and its GUI has completely fixed the issues that have been plaguing me for the past few years.

Zorin OS

surely it would be more cost effective to buy a degoogled phone and sell your current one?

however if you want to change goals (eg steps per day) you have to use the app

there are different approaches to this, but some of these links should help:

Hardware:

https://banglejs.com/

https://pine64.org/devices/pinetime/

OS: https://asteroidos.org/

Gadgetbridge:

I personally use a garmin, which is paired to gadgetbridge

DIY: https://open-smartwatch.github.io/

Ive tried Godot and discovered I cant code at all, everything was hanging together by a thread.

Ive since started GDevelop and am loving it, they even have an official flatpak.

This is the worst second worst thing to come from Austria

https://anytype.io/ is the closest that I know of

Kwin