Have you been thinking about switching to Linux for your daily driver, or wondering what Coreboot or open-source firmware are? This episode, we're sitting down with Jeremy Soller to chat about System76, the company that makes my laptop (among others) and are behind Pop_OS!, a user-friendly Linux distribution. More about Jeremy Soller: Jeremy Soller's guest profile -- https://www.optoutpod.com/guests/jeremy-soller/ More about System76: Website -- https://system76.com/ About System76 -- https://system76.com/aboutsystem76 Pop_OS! -- https://pop.system76.com/ Pop_OS! chat -- https://chat.pop-os.org System76 open firmware -- https://github.com/system76/firmware-open The System76 Lemur Pro, my laptop -- https://system76.com/laptops/lemur More about Coreboot: Docs -- https://doc.coreboot.org/ Jeremy Soller's recommended tools to Opt Out: Tor browser, and easy to use anonymous web browser -- https://www.torproject.org/ Bitcoin Firefox, a FOSS and privacy-preserving browser -- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/ My recommended Firefox hardening guide -- https://chrisx.xyz/blog/yet-another-firefox-hardening-guide/ Opt Out's Sponsors: Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-wallet LocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#localmonero IVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpn Supporting Opt Out: Donations -- https://optoutpod.com/about/#donations Leave a review on your favorite podcast platform, if possible! Share it with your friends, family, and other communities! Timestamps: 0:38 Jeremy introduces himself 2:36 What is right-to-repair, and why is it a core tenet of System76? 7:26 How does something like the Framework laptop compare to System76? 11:01 Would you mind breaking down what Coreboot is, and why it and open EC firmware are such key aspects of System76 laptops? 20:30 Is a TPM a core part of System76 laptops? 22:50 Are users able to easily validate the firmware on their laptops after receiving them? 28:46 How does the security approach of System76 laptop's compare to something like Purism? 29:39 How does System76 approach international sales? 30:59 Is any special configuration or firmware/driver install necessary or optimal when running a different distro? 34:21 What is Pop_OS!, and who is it geared towards? 39:46 Why is Ubuntu the base for Pop_OS!? 46:27 Is there anything in particular in store for Pop_OS! that you'd like to share? 48:39 What can listeners do to help support System76 and the development of Pop_OS!? 51:00 What's something you love about System76 that people may not expect? 52:34 If you were given the budget to ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34B4Lz_yr1k

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