System76 Transmission Log

Latest Episodes:

System76 Transmission Log Podcast: COSMIC, Linux Hardware and Teen Hack Club Excitement Jul 18, 2025

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System76 news and community updates with Alex and Emma will add some spice to your day! Discover the latest Linux hardware available from System76, community updates and listen to an interview with Hack Club Founder, Zach Latta!

01:15 System76 Factory Parade
02:57:26 New Meerkat Mini Linux PC
03:49:18 New Adder WS Laptop
05:56:04 Open Source Summit
06:25:23 A successful COSMIC presentation and happy hour afterward
07:46:29 New Thelio Astra CPU options
08:18:25 New Liberate the Computer Shirt
11:02:24 Begin Interview with Zach Latta from Hack Club
11:21:16 How Hack Club Began
12:32:20 Love of Programming
14:46:07 Participants continuing with Hack Club
16:30:19 High Seas Hack Club Competition
17:12:01 Win prizes like the System76 Launch Keyboard
18:16:08 Zach’s first time hearing about System76
19:36:19 Memorable Student Projects
22:23:11 Community Benefits
24:04:28 First apps created by Zach
26:06:23 The famous “Yo” App
27:48:14 Advice for Teens who want to Code

Five facts about us:
-Desktops and keyboards handcrafted in the US
-Pop!_OS is free and collects zero user data
-Computers and keyboards ship to over 60 countries
-In-house support for the life of your hardware
-Advocate for Right to Repair, Linux, free and open source

Check out what we make!
Laptops: s76.co/laptops
Desktops: s76.co/desktops
Pop!_OS: s76.co/pop-os

System76 Transmission Log: Linux Hardware, Open Source Summit, and a chat with Screenly Jun 18, 2025

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On this summer transmission, Alex and Emma hype new hardware and our presence at the Open Source Summit in Denver. We interview Viktor Petersson at Screenly, an open-source digital signage company. The discussion dives into Screenly’s focus on security, especially for enterprise environments, and emphasizes the need for strong hardware and software security partnerships.

01:32 Powerful laptop updates

05:15 New Adder WS coming soon

06:14 COSMIC Beta is coming

07:56 Open Source Summit coming to Denver and System76 is hosting a happy hour event

10:48 Interview with Viktor Petersson at Screenly begins

11:53 Viktor’s Linux Journey

13:53 The evolution of open source project into a commercial product

18:40 Writing the software in bash scripts in two weeks

19:32 Sreenly Player MK2 based on the System76 Meerkat

20:22 Supply chain security and aligned values with System76

22:59 Interesting ways companies use Screenly

23:55 Tailored digital signage solutions with the Screenly Edge App

25:42 NASA as a client

Check out what we make!

Blog: blog.system76.com

Laptops: s76.co/WuEDOnoS

Desktops: s76.co/Zn4NXTf9

System76 Transmission Log: Linux Hardware, COSMIC News and Enhancing AI with View.IO May 21, 2025

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On this month’s transmission, Emma and Alex share System76 news about the Linux Community at LFNW. Listen to an interview with View.io discussing how to securely use your internal data to build private AI-powered apps. Think rapid case research, risk assessment, enhanced patient care.
Alex and Emma also talk about COSMIC DE and Linux laptops!

00:40 LinuxFest Northwest Un-BBQ and COSMIC DE Presentation

02:38 New birthday tradition at LFNW

03:10 COSMIC news

03:50 New Bonobo WS Laptop

04:30 New Serval WS Laptop

05:10 nVidia 5060 TI available on Thelio Prime and Mira Desktops

05:35 Introduction to View.IO

07:40 Fully self-contained on premises platform for AI

09:50 Browser based or native application?

14:05 Role of Linux and Open Source with ViewIO software

16:40 Using System76 Hardware for development at ViewIO

18:00 Nothing like the Thelio Astra and Darter Pro Laptop on the Market

22:15 One last thought about Thelio Astra Performance for AI

System76 Transmission Log: Linux Hardware, COSMIC News and Developer Interview Apr 16, 2025

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Alex and Emma are back this month with System76 hardware and COSMIC news! Join this nerdy duo for the latest updates and an interview with AI developer Michael Dominick from The Mad Botter!

01:07 New Darter

01:48 Launch Keyboards on Sale

02:46 Kubecon Europe and Thelio Astra

03:29 LinuxFest Northwest COSMIC presentation and sandwiches

04:32 COSMIC DE Updates

05:17 Interview with Mike Dominick

05:34 The Mad Botter Introduction

06:09 Implementing chatgpt

06:36 Excitement about the future of AI

07:13 Why the Alice in Wonderland theme?

07:47 Linux Background Ubuntu Days

08:34 Earth Day Competition for free System76 computer

09:58 Using System76 machines

10:43 Trusty Thelio

11:27 Host your own content

12:25 Favorite System76 Product (Launch Keyboard!)

13:08 How Mike found System76

Check out what we make!

Blog: blog.system76.com

Laptops: s76.co/WuEDOnoS

Desktops: s76.co/Zn4NXTf9

Pop!_OS: s76.co/D_IWRvWD

System76 Transmission Log: System76 News, upcoming events and App Developer Interview Mar 19, 2025

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Listen to the latest System76 news with Alex and Emma! App developer guest, Luc Morvan joins the show to talk about his python development and experience with Pop!_OS and System76.

00:50 How did Emma lose her voice?

03:00 Thelio Mega News

03:40 Spring Sale

04:20 LinuxFest Northwest coming and Thelio Mega with PNY at GTC conference

05:46 Guest Introduction: Luc Morvan, app developer

07:00 The application Luc is working on

10:15 Luc’s Start in Linux + Distro Hopping “drove my wife crazy”

13:10 Discovering Pop!_OS & System76

17:10 Raspberry Pi experience

18:50 Learning MySql with the Darter Pro

19:45 Next steps with the apps

21:09 Emma and Alex play a game

System76 Transmission Log: System76 News, COSMIC DE, Bioinformatics and Balloons Feb 19, 2025

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Join Alex and Emma aboard their nerdy spaceship for the latest System76 hardware and software news. Meet RJ Nowling in an exclusive interview about bioinformatics and genomic data science processing with the ARM-powered Thelio Astra!

06:20 Tiny Hardware News about the Meerkat

08:55 Conference Appearances (SCALE, LFNW, GTC) and Garrett created a cool planetary COSMIC demo

12:00 COSMIC News, Alpha 6 delayed

14:35 RJ Nowling Interview about genomic data science

17:00 Experiments to produce sterile genetically modified mosquitoes to eradicate diseases

18:00 How RJ got started with bioinformatics

19:10 RJ's Linux journey

21:20 Choosing hardware for bioinformatics

22:40 How to get into genomic data science

24:00 Find a cool Phd professor to work with

24:40 Future of genomic data science with "Enhancers" and cross-species comparisons

27:00 Excitement about advancements in biology

27:25 How to get in touch with RJ

27:45 Experience with Thelio Astra

28:15 Emma and Alex play a balloon game

Check out what we make!

Blog: blog.system76.com

Laptops: s76.co/WuEDOnoS

Desktops: s76.co/Zn4NXTf9

Pop!_OS: s76.co/D_IWRvWD

System76 Transmission Log Episode 14: System76 News, COSMIC DE Updates and Robot Talk! Jan 30, 2025

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Join Alex and Emma as they discuss the latest System76 hardware and software news. Also, listen to Andrew, Team Lead from 241E Robotics discuss their use of Pop!_OS for programming robots to compete!

01:30 Cool Demos at CES and COVESA

02:40 New Thelio Mira with AMD CPU

03:15 New Pangolin Laptop

03:35 Youtuber Emily Young shares her thoughts about Pangolin

05:00 COSMIC DE Alpha 5 News featuring Alt+Tab, variable refresh rate and new default media player

07:20 Interview with Andrew Captain and Lead Engineer from 241E Robotics

08:10 Vex Robotics Challenge

09:15 Using Linux and Pop!_OS to program robots

09:45 Software Programs for programming Robots, Onshape, FreeCAD, VSCode

10:40 How to get started with robotics

11:30 Materials to build the robots

12:10 The future of robotics

12:40 Get in touch with 241E

13:00 Game with Emma and Alex

System76 Transmission Log Episode 13: An Interview with Trossen Robotics Nov 20, 2024

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Join Alex and Emma as they discuss the latest System76 community, hardware and software news. Also, listen to Shantanu, machine learning specialist at Trossen robotics, talk about the company's innovative machine learning robot kits and how they use System76.

00:36 Alex at All Things Open conference

02:13 Factory Tours and meetups

03:32 Thelio Astra at ATO

05:04 What's new in COSMIC

07:06 Begin interview with Shantanu from Trossen Robotics

07:30 Learning about Shantanu's job and main projects

10:49 What excites Shantanu about robotics industry today

11:27 Aloha Unleashed

15:02 Standout robotics projects

18:18 Using the Serval WS with Aloha Stationary V2

20:04 Meerkat and Trossen join forces

21:34 Experience with System76 products and support

22:39 Emma and Alex play a game

Transmission Log Episode 12: System76 New Computer, COSMIC DE and Halloween Sale Oct 23, 2024

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Listen to the latest System76 updates including Halloween sales on laptops and desktops, the release of the second alpha of Cosmic and the introduction of the Thelio Astra, an arm-based desktop catering to autonomous vehicle and software-defined vehicle developers. Interviews with Joe Speed from Ampere and System76's Mechanical Engineer Britain and Product Manager Tony explore the technical specifications, engineering excellence, and collaborative efforts behind the Thelio Astra.

03:15 Halloween sale

04:08 COSMIC Desktop update

05:40 New Thelio Astra arm-powered desktop

07:26 Interview with Joe Speed from Ampere

08:08 Joe Speed talks grassroots community

09:35 Working with arm and Ampere

11:48 Comparing Thelio Astra to other machines

16:25 Astra as a Pre built arm desktop solution

17:30 Tier IV using Ampere desktops

20:58 Value in native development

25:05 Running tests in parallel

28:35 Britain and Tony from System76 talk about Thelio Astra’s engineering

29:30 Energy efficiency of Thelio Astra

31:07 Britain discusses thermals

32:00 Multi-threaded tasks

34:50 Cooling Ampere CPUs

System76 Transmission Log Episode 11: Interview with IT Director and SysAdmin, Dave Shaver Sep 18, 2024

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Listen to the latest on System76 computers, manufacturing, Pop!_OS and COSMIC DE. This episode features an interview with Dave Shaver, an IT director at a small hospital and a local church in Northern New Mexico. Dave shares his extensive experience with Linux, starting from the early 2000s, and his preference for System 76 laptops, his day to day, and his side projects in music, video, graphics, web design, and gaming.

[00:00:02]: Introduction and Countdown

[00:02:24]: Last month's Cosmic Desktop Environment Alpha Release

[00:05:28]: Cosmic Ambassador Program

[00:06:35]: Community Meetups and Online Groups

[00:08:13]: Special Guest - Dave Shaver, IT Director and SysAdmin

[00:11:00] Linux Servers in the data center

[00:11:34] Why Choose System76

[00:13:38] Day to day

[00:15:55] Key tools and software used daily

[00:20:03]: Game Time and Conclusion