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

10/23/24 • 37 min

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

10/23/24 • 37 min

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

Transcript

Emma00:00:00.399

Alex, tell me something funny.

Alex00:00:05.759

Peanuts.

Emma00:00:07.279

That's not very funny.

Alex00:00:08.240

They're kinda funny looking. They're like an hourglass shaped nut.

Emma00:00:13.884

Yeah. I guess.

Alex00:00:14.685

And they, like, you put them on a table and they kinda wobble. Yo

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