# Brunch with Brent: Carl Richell

URL: /show/jupiter-extras/75/
> Brent sits down with Carl Richell, Founder and CEO of System76. We explore the people, passion, and culture behind the scenes, learn of young Carl, the early years of building a Linux-focused hardware business, how today System76 fuels a tiny piece of SpaceX, and more.

Carl's Community Ask: Be Bold.

- Show: [Jupiter EXTRAS](/show/jupiter-extras/)
- Episode: 75
- Date: 2020-07-24
- Hosts: brent
- Guests: carl-richell
- Duration: 00:42:00
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/56e6db0a-de62-46a7-b4db-e28d3fc3845a/3338e8bf-6162-40a4-8575-ff621278992d.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/14f9pnxVqjw





### Episode Links

  * [System76](https://system76.com/ "System76") — Linux Laptops, Desktops, and Servers
  * [LINUX Unplugged 360: The Hard Work of Hardware](https://linuxunplugged.com/360 "LINUX Unplugged 360: The Hard Work of Hardware") — Special guest Jeremy Soller, Principal Engineer at System76
  * [Brunch with Brent: Emma Marshall](https://extras.show/33 "Brunch with Brent: Emma Marshall") — Happiness Manager at System76
  * [Pop!_OS by System76](https://pop.system76.com/ "Pop!_OS by System76")
  * [SpaceX](https://www.spacex.com/ "SpaceX")
  * [13 Minutes to the Moon, Ep.05 The fourth astronaut - BBC World Service](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csz4dn "13 Minutes to the Moon, Ep.05 The fourth astronaut - BBC World Service") — The computer that got us to the moon.
  * [Carl Richell - @carlrichell on Twitter](https://twitter.com/carlrichell "Carl Richell - @carlrichell on Twitter")
  * [Brent Gervais - @brentgervais on Twitter](https://twitter.com/brentgervais "Brent Gervais - @brentgervais on Twitter")