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

    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

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

    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


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

    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


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

    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

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

    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

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

    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


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

    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


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    15 mins
  • System76 Transmission Log Episode 13: An Interview with Trossen Robotics
    Nov 20 2024

    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


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    25 mins