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System76 also adds custom, open source firmware (https://support.system76.com/articles/open-firmware-systems/ https://support.system76.com/articles/open-firmwar
by trelane 4y ago
System76 also adds custom, open source firmware (https://support.system76.com/articles/open-firmware-systems/ https://support.system76.com/articles/open-firmware-systems/) and ensures the hardware works by coordinating with the ODM and writing custom drivers if necessary (https://support.system76.com/articles/system76-driver/ https://support.system76.com/articles/system76-driver/)
Pretending to be a system integrator by buying proprietary Windows hardware and slapping Linux on it is a mug's game.
They were going to start building their own laptops at one point. I'm not sure what happened with that. Of course, nobody except Apple really builds their own hardware these days either (hence the term ODM).