Introduction
Once you have your Framework Laptop 13 set up following the Quick Start Guide, you’re ready to install your preferred OS. The Framework Laptop 13 is running some very recent hardware, make sure you’re using 20.04.4 and not an earlier 20.04 release. Ubuntu 20.04.4 has full support out of the box for WiFi and the Fingerprint Reader, and doesn’t require significant manual workarounds for general use.
NOTE: This is an Officially Supported Linux Distribution. Learn more here.
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First, download the Ubuntu 20.04.4 ISO from Ubuntu's website. Ubuntu has a detailed installation guide that you can follow. We'll go through the steps in this Guide assuming you have a simple installation scenario of a fresh install on a blank drive.
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Download balenaEtcher as a tool to create the USB installer from the ISO. balenaEtcher is available for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. You can either install it or download the portable version that runs directly from the executable.
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Launch balenaEtcher. Insert your USB drive (8GB or larger). Click on "Flash from file" and select the ubuntu-20.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso that you downloaded. Click on "Select target" and choose your USB drive. Click "Flash" and wait a minute or two for it to complete.
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Once the USB drive creation is complete, you can close balenaEtcher and eject the USB drive from your OS.
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Insert the USB drive into your powered off Framework Laptop 13, and then power on. If you have an existing OS installed on the Storage drive in your laptop, you'll need to tap F12 as you boot to bring up the Boot Manager screen. You can then select the "Linpus lite" item with your arrow keys and hit Enter.
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Hit Enter again to boot into Ubuntu.
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After a few seconds, you're in! If you just want to try Ubuntu out, you can click on the Try Ubuntu button and browse through the live USB version of it without touching the internal storage drive. If you do want to install Ubuntu to the internal storage drive, go on to the next step.
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Click on the Install Ubuntu button.
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Select the keyboard language you'd like to use. On the next screen, connect to your WiFi network if available. On the "Updates and other software" screen, you can keep the default selections or optionally also check the "Install third-party software" box, and click Continue.
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On the "Installation type" screen, you may have a range of options available if there is already on OS on your internal drive. For the purposes of this guide, we're assuming a clean install with the "Erase disk and install Ubuntu" option. For the other advanced options around dual booting, you can follow Ubuntu's guide. Click continue.
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Select your internal drive if it isn't selected, and click Install Now. Follow the on-screen instructions to select your time zone and set up your user account. After installation completes, click Restart Now.
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As root, edit "/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf", add "options snd-hda-intel model=dell-headset-multi" to the end of it, and then reboot.
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sudo gedit /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf # change 3 into 2 as to disable this feature. [connection] wifi.powersave = 2
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Save the file, reboot.
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Enjoy using Ubuntu on your Framework Laptop 13! If you have any questions or run into any issues, we recommend bringing them to the Community in the Ubuntu 20.04 topic. Members of the Framework team participate in discussions there.
Enjoy using Ubuntu on your Framework Laptop 13! If you have any questions or run into any issues, we recommend bringing them to the Community in the Ubuntu 20.04 topic. Members of the Framework team participate in discussions there.
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As you can see `alsa-base.conf` is owned by the `alsa-base` package:
```
$ dpkg -S /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
alsa-base: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
```
In order to avoid problems with upgrading this package in the future, add a new file instead of modifying `alsa-base.conf`:
```
echo "options snd-hda-intel model=dell-headset-multi" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/framework-headset-jack.conf
```
Followed by applying those changes to your kernel image:
```
sudo update-initramfs -u
```
If you want to remove this workaround in the future, simply delete the file you added and re-run `update-initramfs` as shown.
