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/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