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cassidyjames

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    Comment #28361091

    Diluting a brand and trademark is something that can and does happen and does not imply a threat whatsoever. I clarified that multiple times. And uploading legal filings with priva…

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    Comment #28361042

    They uploaded documents with my personal information in them when it was not even necessary to discuss the issue. They refuse to remove the documents at my request. They continue t…

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    Comment #28360985

    Yeah that would be fine. :)

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    Comment #28360980

    There was never any legal threat, in fact I try to clarify that repeatedly. The user kept steering it to a poor understanding of trademark law and then publicly uploaded documents …

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    Comment #28360923

    The user (who appears to have posted this link, btw, based on recent post history) has been disruptive in the subreddit and Slack in the past, and then literally started publicly d…

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    Comment #28132089

    Yes, still experimental. We recently merged in the ability to cross-compile Flatpak apps across x86 and ARM, so hopefully that leads to a more official status soon.

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    Comment #23531190

    They support MBOX exports and have expressed that they will support custom domains. Between the two, it’s hardly lock-in; you can export as often as you like and keep your address.…

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    Comment #21724405

    Yes, because elementary OS is not Ubuntu. In the past, we carried newer versions of GTK or other core libraries, so pretending to be Ubuntu would actually do more harm than good. H…

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    Comment #18473368

    For what it's worth, elementary does not create Epiphany; that's the GNOME browser and is largely a GUI wrapper around WebKit, the exact same engine as in Safari. AppCenter is a wa…

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    Comment #18473357

    You realize elementary has created the entire Pantheon desktop environment, right? So, "It's just their desktop environment with their stylesheet, their apps, and the AppCenter eco…

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    Comment #17040847

    For what it's worth, that was my personal response and not anything official or reviewed by System76 "the company." I try to retain a bit of autonomy while working for Sytem76. I a…

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    Comment #17040774

    Just curious, what laptop do you have? I'm always open to hearing constructive criticism like this, and it's something we've been more aggressively addressing with recent products.…

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    Comment #17040740

    And it's been something we've been working on for more than two years. Building a US-based manufacturing plant from the ground up is a long process, but it will be worth it in the …

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    Comment #17040703

    >What do you mean by "products"? Is it a particular combination of a specific barebones Clevo laptop installed with specific components (make+model) picked by System76? It's kind o…

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    Comment #17040620

    Sometimes we have to make hard decisions like that where the upstream manufacturer insists on a feature in order to get a certain class of design (because then they can resell it t…

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    Comment #17040400

    Yeah, this is fair. One nit-pick is that the System76 firmware tool is not proprietary at all; the blobs themselves are (just like almost every other consumer product), but the fir…

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    Comment #17040375

    I don't think I can share intimate details, but we are designing the products, manufacturing the chassis and some internal components, and assembling the products all in Denver, CO…

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    Comment #17040293

    System76 UX architect here! This vastly trivializes the work System76 does for months and sometimes years leading up to a product release. We don't simply take an off-the-shelf pro…

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    Comment #17040238

    Hrm, that's strange and I haven't heard that being a widespread issue; thousands of customers have updated without issue. I'd open a support case so someone can get that sorted out…

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    Comment #17040212

    Yes, just like every consumer computer at this point. But we're working on that. ;)

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    Comment #17040204

    I'm literally on the factory floor right now, working with our designers and CEO on upcoming product designs. There's an area populated with a few dozen iterations of unreleased pr…

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    Comment #15822279

    Never say never! We listen to feedback. :)

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    Comment #15820639

    We're not actively hiring for anything specific, but we accept interesting applications regardless. See https://system76.com/careers

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    Comment #15820412

    System76 employee here! We do have a number of HiDPI models. Galago Pro ( https://system76.com/laptops/galago ) is probably our most popular, and its resolution is 3200×1800—not te…

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    Comment #15820129

    Yep! Jeremy (jackpot51) is the lead developer. https://github.com/jackpot51