Coreboot, FOSS firmware, Pop_OS!, and System76 w/ Jeremy Soller

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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/about
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/

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Chapters

1. Coreboot, FOSS firmware, Pop_OS!, and System76 w/ Jeremy Soller (00:00:00)

2. Jeremy introduces himself (00:00:38)

3. What is right-to-repair, and why is it a core tenet of System76? (00:02:36)

4. How does something like the Framework laptop compare to System76? (00:07:26)

5. Would you mind breaking down what Coreboot is, and why it and open EC firmware are such key aspects of System76 laptops? (00:11:01)

6. Is a TPM a core part of System76 laptops? (00:20:30)

7. Are users able to easily validate the firmware on their laptops after receiving them? (00:22:50)

8. How does the security approach of System76 laptop's compare to something like Purism? (00:28:46)

9. How does System76 approach international sales? (00:29:39)

10. Is any special configuration or firmware/driver install necessary or optimal when running a different distro? (00:30:59)

11. What is Pop_OS!, and who is it geared towards? (00:34:21)

12. Why is Ubuntu the base for Pop_OS!? (00:39:46)

13. Is there anything in particular in store for Pop_OS! that you'd like to share? (00:46:27)

14. What can listeners do to help support System76 and the development of Pop_OS!? (00:48:39)

15. What's something you love about System76 that people may not expect? (00:51:00)

16. If you were given the budget to develop a new product, what gadget or appliance would you make open hardware next (that isn't just another computer or keyboard)? (00:52:34)

17. Are there any particular tools outside of System76 or Pop_OS! that you recommend privacy-conscious listeners look into? (00:55:59)

18. What are System76s plans for cryptocurrency acceptance? (00:57:29)

19. A shout out to Opt Out's sponsors (01:04:11)

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