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
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
Previous Episode
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
Next Episode
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
System76 Transmission Log - Transmission Log Episode 12: System76 New Computer, COSMIC DE and Halloween Sale
Transcript
Alex, tell me something funny.
AlexPeanuts.
EmmaThat's not very funny.
AlexThey're kinda funny looking. They're like an hourglass shaped nut.
EmmaYeah. I guess.
AlexAnd they, like, you put them on a table and they kinda wobble. Yo
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