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Framework Computer To Announce Their Next-Gen Hardware Later This Month

([Hardware] 6 Hours Ago Framework 2026)


Linux-friendly hardware vendor Framework Computer sent out a notice this morning that they will be announcing their new 2026 hardware products later this month.

Framework is set to announce their next-gen wares at an event later this month in San Francisco. They will be announcing their latest upgrade-friendly, modular hardware on 21 April at 10:30AM PT.

No solid details about their 2026 hardware plans have been shared. The event details for those interested can be found via the [1]Framework Blog .

The timing is difficult in the industry given [2]supply constraints and memory prices continuing to rise . It will be interesting to see what they announce later this month. Perhaps new AMD Ryzen AI 400 series offerings? Intel Panther Lake upgrades? NVIDIA GB10 Framework Desktop? Their current Ryzen AI 300 series laptops remain strong contenders to this day. The Framework Desktop powered by AMD Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" remains in a class of its own and an excellent product. So much so that this event is catching me a bit by surprise if they have an entirely new product to announce or will be more the subtle generational revisions for the year. So it will be interesting to see what they have cooking for 2026.



[1] https://frame.work/blog/framework-next-gen-event-is-live-on-april-21

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Framework-Memory-Costs-April


Linux Dominates Academic Research

A recent survey of colleges and high school reveals that Linux, Open Source
Software, and Microsoft are favorite topics for research projects. Internet
Censorship, a popular topic for the past two years, was supplanted by Biology
of Penguins as another of this year's most popular subjects for research
papers.

"The Internet has changed all the rules," one college professor told
Humorix. "Nobody wants to write papers about traditional topics like the
death penalty, freedom of speech, abortion, juvenile crime, etc. Most of the
research papers I've seen the past year have been computer related, and most
of the reference material has come from the Net. This isn't necessarily
good; there's a lot of crap on the Net. One student tried to use 'Bob's
Totally Wicked Anti-Microsoft Homepage of Doom' and 'The Support Group for
People Used by Microsoft' as primary sources of information for his paper
about Microsoft."

A high school English teacher added, "Plagarism is a problem with the Net.
One of my students 'wrote' a brilliant piece about the free software
revolution. Upon further inspection, however, almost everything was stolen
from Eric S. Raymond's website. I asked the student, "What does noosphere
mean?" He responded, 'New-what?' Needless to say, he failed the class."