# Handmade Desktop Linux

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/280/
> We’re just back from touring System76’s new factory, and getting the inside scoop on how they build their Thelio desktop. This is our story about walking in as skeptics, and walking out as believers. 

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 280
- Date: 2018-12-17
- Hosts: chris, wes
- Duration: 01:09:10
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/63b60dfb-f9df-4078-8819-96daee85b000.mp3
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5EJTmP2zTg





### Episode Links

  * [ProtonMail is auctioning a Lifetime Account to support WireGuard](https://protonmail.com/blog/lifetime-account-supporting-wireguard/ "ProtonMail is auctioning a Lifetime Account to support WireGuard")
  * [Mir 1.1 Released With EGLStreams Support To Work With NVIDIA's Binary Driver](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Mir-1.1-Released "Mir 1.1 Released With EGLStreams Support To Work With NVIDIA's Binary Driver")
  * [ASUS is releasing encrypted kernel sources for the ZenFone Max Pro M1, Max Pro M2 and Max M2](https://www.xda-developers.com/asus-encrypted-kernel-source-zenfone-max-pro-m2/ "ASUS is releasing encrypted kernel sources for the ZenFone Max Pro M1, Max Pro M2 and Max M2")
  * [Keyboardio: A Startling Discovery](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keyboardio/the-model-01-an-heirloom-grade-keyboard-for-seriou/posts/2369985 "Keyboardio: A Startling Discovery") — On the one hand, there's a lot of money missing. We think there's a decent chance that money has vanished never to be seen again. Products that we said we sent you...simply never existed. We're genuinely sorry about that.
  * [User Error](https://error.show/subscribe "User Error")
  * [Linux Academy supports St. Jude's](https://info.linuxacademy.com/you-learn.-we-give.-give-back-with-your-cloud-skills "Linux Academy supports St. Jude's") — For each Learning Activity that you complete between 12/16 and 12/26, Linux Academy will donate $1 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital this holiday season.
  * [LinuxFest Northwest](https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/conferences/2019 "LinuxFest Northwest") — 20th Anniversary! Past, Present & Future
  * [LINUX Unplugged Blog - System76 Factory Tour](https://linuxunplugged.com/articles/system76tour "LINUX Unplugged Blog - System76 Factory Tour")
  * [Meet the New Linux Desktop Champion: System76 Thelio](https://www.linux.com/blog/2018/12/meet-new-linux-desktop-champion-system76-thelio "Meet the New Linux Desktop Champion: System76 Thelio")
  * [Feedback: Xrandr tip for wimpy](https://pastebin.com/du0it1e9 "Feedback: Xrandr tip for wimpy")
  * [Feedback: Try minidlna](https://pastebin.com/gxBHYHL0 "Feedback: Try minidlna")
  * [ReadyMedia - ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ReadyMedia "ReadyMedia - ArchWiki")
  * [Feedback: How can we tolerate systemd?](https://pastebin.com/SkUineid "Feedback: How can we tolerate systemd?")
  * [Microsoft/ethr: Ethr is a Network Performance Measurement Tool for TCP, UDP & HTTP.](https://github.com/Microsoft/Ethr "Microsoft/ethr: Ethr is a Network Performance Measurement Tool for TCP, UDP & HTTP.")
  * [remove.bg: A tool to remove background from image](https://www.remove.bg/ "remove.bg: A tool to remove background from image")
  * [Streama - Self hosted media server](https://streamaserver.org/ "Streama - Self hosted media server")