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System76 weighs in on California, Colorado, and New York age-verification proposals for OS accounts, arguing such laws threaten privacy and effectiveness. CEO Carl Richell notes workarounds like non-admin child accounts, VMs, or OS reinstalls, and emphasizes education over restricting access while acknowledging the laws’ potential impact on Linux distributions ahead of California’s 2027 effective date.
System76 outlines COSMIC Epoch 2 and Epoch 3 features for its Rust-based desktop, including a Vulkan renderer for the COSMIC Wayland compositor to enable HDR/night light, performance optimizations, window effects, and gaming improvements in Epoch 2, followed by Epoch 3 additions like session restoration, per-app volume controls, SVG cursors, LSP-powered COSMIC Edit, and more—timelines for release are not provided.
System76 continues refining its Rust-based COSMIC desktop with Epoch 1 updates for Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS, adding features like rounded window corners for all windows, improved multi-monitor handling, default tab-to-click, audio auto-routing fixes, better icon handling in the Application Library, X11 window activation in the compositor, crash fixes, new Files settings including network path entry in the breadcrumb bar, and 2FA VPN support across COSMIC Settings.
System76's Lemur Pro laptop is being hailed as one of the closest options to a perfect Linux laptop. With its sleek design and customizable features, the Lemur Pro offers a solid Linux experience for users on the go. Weighing just 2.5 pounds and measuring 0.54 inches thick, it is lightweight and portable. The latest iteration comes with 13th-generation Intel chips and starts at $1,150. System76's excellent support for Linux and user-upgradeable options make it a compelling choice for those seeking a high-quality Linux laptop.
System76 CEO Carl Richell shared a thermal system prototype for their upcoming in-house Linux laptop, codenamed Virgo, with the goal of making it the quietest and most performant laptop around. The company has not yet revealed any hardware specifications for the premium laptop design.
Pop!_OS, an in-house version of Linux by System76, is a high-performance desktop operating system that can handle just about anything you throw at it. It is well suited for any type of user, regardless of whether you're creating something, using the OS for business purposes, writing a novel, playing games, or just shopping online. Pop!_OS is an open-source operating system, so it's free to download and use on as many computers as you like.