A while ago I was thinking about doing something similar, but tearing down a working one seemed wastwful. I also couldn't find a motherboard on its own (neither trough the repair program nor elswhere), so I shelved the idea.
If one person's rights negatively affect another persons rights you can't just rule one right to be more important in every situation. There's gotta be more nuance than that.
I already have a computer with USB-C - legacy connectors on peripherals force me to buy dongles.
That's why I want my computer to have both.
It's definitely not as good as it should've been, but as long as PC manufactures include as many standards as possible it should play well with whatever standard the peripherals are using.
But I already have peripheral devices with older connectors.
This just forces me to buy dongles.
Also, USB-C can only "do it all" on paper. In practice you have multiple sockets on any given device that support different subsets of the standard. If you're lucky, the capabilities are printed right on the device or in the manual. If you're unlucky you'll have to figure it out yourself.
Sure, because normally police always publishes every little detail about an ongoing investigation as soon as they find out. (/s in case that's not obvious)
From what I understand this wasn't a decision dictated by sanctions nor was there any strongarming. Otherwise it would've happend way earlier.
I also think splitting politics and literally anything else doesn't work and is something people who benefit from the discussion (or lack therof) made up.
It's a coin-cell battery. Traditionally it was used to keep the memory that stores the bios-settings and the real-time-clock powered when the PC was turned off.
By now the bios settings are stored ona different kind of memory, so it doesn't need power when turned off.
But the rtc still needs power when the laptop is off as well as other stuff (for example the circuitry that makes the power-button work)
In the framework it's also rechargeable, so you can't just swap it for a cheap one from the store once it runs out.
I have a 11th gen Intel Framework 13 running PopOS.
Everything is fine except the bug feature with the rechargeable CHMOS battery.
On my model it only charges when the laptop is charging. (They changed that behavior in all later model afaik)
Since I use my laptop only sporadically I can't just pick it up and use it right away because that battery is always empty. When it's empty the power button doesn't work even when the main battery is fully charged.
You can get a refund within 30 of an auto-renewal. That's what I did too.