System76 Transmission Log

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System76 Transmission Log

Welcome aboard the System76 Transmission Log. The space station orbiting the Linux computer manufacturer, System76: home to handcrafted Open Source hardware and the makers of Pop!_OS.

  1. System76 Transmission Log: System76 News, upcoming events and App Developer Interview

    MAR 19

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

    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

    23 min
  2. System76 Transmission Log: System76 News, COSMIC DE, Bioinformatics and Balloons

    FEB 19

    System76 Transmission Log: System76 News, COSMIC DE, Bioinformatics and Balloons

    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

    30 min
  3. System76 Transmission Log Episode 14: System76 News, COSMIC DE Updates and Robot Talk!

    JAN 30

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

    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

    15 min
  4. System76 Transmission Log Episode 13: An Interview with Trossen Robotics

    11/20/2024

    System76 Transmission Log Episode 13: An Interview with Trossen Robotics

    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

    25 min
  5. Transmission Log Episode 12: System76 New Computer, COSMIC DE and Halloween Sale

    10/23/2024

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

    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

    38 min

  6. 09/18/2024

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

    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

    23 min
  7. System76 Transmission Log Episode 10: COSMIC updates, Hardware Updates and an interview with members of the COSMIC development team at System76

    07/18/2024

    System76 Transmission Log Episode 10: COSMIC updates, Hardware Updates and an interview with members of the COSMIC development team at System76

    Listen to the latest on System76 computers, manufacturing, Pop!_OS and COSMIC DE. This episode features an interview with Carl, Maria and Jeremy from the COSMIC Development Team. We’ll also talk about new hardware updates, community happenings and even play a fun game at the end! Check out what we make! Blog: blog.system76.com Laptops: s76.co/WuEDOnoS Desktops: s76.co/Zn4NXTf9 Pop!_OS: s76.co/D_IWRvWD :47 Hardware News- Starling Ampere Servers and Thelio Mira price drop 2:24 COSMIC News, new branding, logo, tagline 3:00 Story behind the COSMIC logo 4:40 Community News 5:30 Software Freedom Day 6:12 Interview Intro 6:35 Interview with COSMIC team begins 6:47 What is COSMIC? 07:45 What drove team to make COSMIC? 10:00 User Friendly experience 15:40 Design System 16:50 Theming 25:30 How did you decide who to choose to build COSMIC? 28:10 RUST eco system 32:25 Iced Toolkit 37:45 Make it easy to develop applets 42:00 UI components on their own 45:00 Nice defaults and ability to customize 50:58 What is everyone excited for? 57:00 On COSMIC for 18 months 1:00:00 What to expect from Alpha 1:03:00 COSMIC Icon Guessing Game 1:05:40 Outro

    1h 6m
  8. Transmission Log Episode 9: Manufacturing and Production at System76

    05/15/2024

    Transmission Log Episode 9: Manufacturing and Production at System76

    This episode features an interview with Stephanie and Marcos from the Production Team, where they help manufacture and build our desktops from raw sheet metal.We'll also talk about what makes the System76 factory unique, as well as new hardware updates, community happenings, and a fun game at the end! Five facts about us:-Desktops and keyboards handcrafted in the US-Pop!_OS is free and collects zero user data-Laptops ship to over 60 countries-In-house support for the life of your hardware-Advocate for Right to Repair, Linux, and open source Check out what we make! Laptops: s76.co/WuEDOnoSDesktops: s76.co/Zn4NXTf9Pop!_OS: s76.co/D_IWRvWD Share what you make with us! twitter.com/system76facebook.com/system76instagram.com/system76_com 01:00 Sandwich banter 2:12 Laptop Releases, Oryx, Lemur and new Darter Pro, all ultraportable laptops have 100% SRGB display 3:20 New KS fast desktop processors available now 4:12 Thelio now with PCIe 5.0 4:31 AMD Thelio Spark incoming, Thelio Spring sale ending 6:10 COSMIC updates GTK 3 and 4 themeing added 7:03 COSMIC community contributions, COSMIC task app and webapp and input devices applet 8:10 Spreading the word about COSMIC 8:55 Meetups galore! 9:40 Introducing Stephanie and Marcos from production team 9:54 Marcos explains all the roles he's reponsible for at System76 10:34 Stephanie explains her role as Production Manager 10:50 Marcos discusses the cool projects he's had the opportunity to work on, highlighting flashing IO boards 11:40 Stephanie explains how onlining keyboards was a fun experience 12:30 The work that went into launching the Launch keyboard line 13:20 Stephanie describes her favorite System76 product 15:10 Marcos talks about his hobbies outside work 16:10 Stephanie is a major crafter in her free time and responsible for all the plants at the factory 18:50 Production is just crafting 19:30 Pinata making at the factory 20:29 How System76 manufacturing is different 21:28 Creative problem solving 21:50 The nerdiest things witnessed at the factory 22:44 Garbage disposal situation 24:00 How to take a tour of System76 24:50 Emma has a box game that may or may not be fun 27:44: Outro and blooper

    29 min
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