Keith, I have a Framework 16 and it does have good upgradability features. I have not upgraded anything with OEM parts yet, but I was able to re-use a mPCIe wireless adapter from an older laptop that is nicer with the kernel, as well as the storage from my old laptop. I saved money when buying the user-assembled Framework 16 kit as I didn't need to include storage or RAM. I used the NVMe storage from my older laptop and bought some aftermarket RAM that was cheaper than anything Framework was offering with the kit. Probably the first OEM Framework part I will get in the future will be a graphics card, but their only graphics offering currently has too little video RAM for running machine learning code.

I am used to getting an email from Tim Keller when there is
a WLUG meeting. I am also used to it being on the second
Thursday of the month. One of those didn't happen.

Two meetings ago I tried to do a presentation of LaTeX,
but share-screen did not work like it did three meetings ago.

One meeting ago, share screen worked, but everyone was
talking about something else, and I wasn't really ready anyway.

I could try again, though I am not really ready today either.
----

Also

> Hey Everybody,
>
> This is a reminder that we've got a meeting tomorrow at WPI!
> Time: 7pm
> Location: WPI Student Center Room 128 (Taylor Room) Down below the stairs.
> Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA
> Topic: frame.work laptop demo, passbolt demo
>
> Cara Salter has agreed to come and show off her frame.work laptop. This
> laptop is designed with upgrade ability in mind. Components such as the
> motherboard can be easily swapped for more powerful versions, etc.

If Cara (or anyone with a frame.work) is still around, I would be
interested in an update on this. Does it still work, or did it
blow blue smoke? Did you actually upgrade anything?
Would you recomend it?
----

Chuck Anderson via WLUG <wlug@lists.wlug.org> writes:

> I noticed in "dnf update" on Fedora 41:
>
> Installing:
> kernel               x86_64 6.12.4-200.fc41         updates   0.0   B
> kernel-core          x86_64 6.12.4-200.fc41         updates 73.6 MiB
> kernel-modules       x86_64 6.12.4-200.fc41         updates 62.5 MiB
> kernel-modules-core x86_64 6.12.4-200.fc41         updates 37.1 MiB
> kernel-modules-extra x86_64 6.12.4-200.fc41         updates   2.7 MiB

OK. Google finds a page that says dnf is Fedora's replacement
for yum, which is apt or rpm re-done. Just another package manager.

You installed a kernel; what did you notice that was interesting?

   -- Keith

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