Transmission Log Episode 9: Manufacturing and Production at System76
05/15/24 • 28 min
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/WuEDOnoS
Desktops: s76.co/Zn4NXTf9
Pop!_OS: s76.co/D_IWRvWD
Share what you make with us!
twitter.com/system76
facebook.com/system76
instagram.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
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/WuEDOnoS
Desktops: s76.co/Zn4NXTf9
Pop!_OS: s76.co/D_IWRvWD
Share what you make with us!
twitter.com/system76
facebook.com/system76
instagram.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
Previous Episode
Transmission Log Podcast: COSMIC, new laptops and an interview with Streaming Global!
Listen to the latest on System76 computers, manufacturing, Pop!_OS and COSMIC DE. This episode features an interview with Streaming Global and their work with GPU servers to create media and data delivery pipelines. We’ll also talk about new hardware updates, community happenings and even play a fun game at the end!
00:00:38 Marketing Summit
00:01:49 Hardware News
00:01:52 40 series GPUs available on THelio Desktops
00:03:20 Serval WS and Bonobo WS laptops with updated CPU and display options
00:04:06 Adder WS, Lemur and Oryx Pro coming soon
00:04:30 COSMIC Updates
00:04:33 Text shaping
00:05:17 OSDs designed
00:06:08 More updates coming to COSMIC in March
00:06:35 Community Efforts for COSMIC are amazing
00:07:07 Carl Richell at LinuxFest Northwest to talk about COSMIC
00:08:41 Interview with Brandon from Streaming Global
00:08:50 ABout Streaming Global
00:11:03 Technology behind Streaming Global's media delivery systems
00:13:47 GPU Multi tenancy
00:14:45 SG-RT and Pixel Streaming
00:15:42 Sectors where Streaming Global has impact
00:17:49 Corporate training improvements with streaming
00:19:34 What the future holds for Streaming Global
00:23:30 Why Choose System76?
00:26:21 Linux Alphabet Game
00:29:09 Outro
00:29:47 Blooper
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!
Blog: blog.system76.com
Laptops: s76.co/WuEDOnoS
Desktops: s76.co/Zn4NXTf9
Pop!_OS: s76.co/D_IWRvWD
Share what you make with us!
twitter.com/system76
facebook.com/system76
instagram.com/system76_com
Next Episode
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
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