Pop!_OS (Linux)
Pop!_OS is an operating system developed by System76 for STEM and creative professionals who use their computer as a tool to discover and create. Unleash your potential on secure, reliable open source software. Based on your exceptional curiosity, we sense you have a lot of it.
Whether this is your first experience with Linux, or your latest adventure, all are welcome to discuss and ask questions about Pop!_OS and COSMIC. Keep the discussions friendly though, and remember to assume good intentions whenever you reply. We're all here because we have a shared love for Linux and open source software.
Support us by buying System76 hardware for you or your company! Or by donating on the Pop!_OS website through the "Support Pop" button. Pop!_OS and COSMIC are fully funded by System76 hardware sales. All systems are assembled in the USA. With your support, we'll work to push the Linux desktop forward with COSMIC.
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Community Rules
Follow the Code of Conduct
All posts on pop_os must adhere to the Pop!_OS community Code of Conduct. https://github.com/pop-os/code-of-conduct
Be helpful
Posts to pop_os must be helpful. When responding to a user asking for help, do not provide tongue-in-cheek responses like "RTM" or links to LMGTFY. Linking to direct sources that answer the asker's question is fine, but it's advised to provide some explanation as to how you got to that source.
Critique should be constructive
We within the Pop!_OS community welcome helpful criticism or ideas on ways to improve. However, basic "It's bad" or other simple negative comments don't help anyone fix anything. When voicing a complaint about something, try to point out ways the complaint could be improved or worked around, so that we can make a better product for it.
This rule applies to both Pop!_OS and its projects as well as other products available from third-parties.
Don't post malicious "advice"
It can be funny to joke about malicious commands, however this is not the venue for it. Do not advise users to run commands which will lock up their systems, steal their data, or erase their drive. Examples of this include (but are not limited to) fork bombs, rm, etc.
Posts violating this rule will be removed, even if the post is clearly in jest. Repeated offences may lead to a ban. You may understand that the command isn't serious, but a new user might not.
No personal attacks
Posts making a personal attack on any user will not be tolerated.
No hate speech
Hate speech of any kind will not be tolerated. Any violations will be removed, and are grounds for a ban.
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Is System76 a non-profit by any chance?
It's a privately-owned company. Profits are used for R&D in both Pop!_OS, and thereby COSMIC; as well as expanding the hardware manufacturing capabilities for the line of laptops and desktops. So every purchase of a System76 system is directly funding Pop!_OS & COSMIC. Neither would exist without the hardware sales.
On the hardware side of things, a key area of interest is funding R&D on manufacturing laptops in-house in Denver with Virgo. We're also passionate about the pursuit of open source firmware, and therefore a lot of R&D goes into open firmware projects which benefit all in in the hardware space. Purism, for example, uses System76 EC in their products.
On the software side, Pop!_OS engineers are funneling all efforts into improvements to Pop!_OS and the development of COSMIC. By extension, this also includes the community support we provide here and elsewhere. A key benefit of being funded by desktop hardware sales is that the desktop experience is vital to our core business. Therefore the Linux desktop is what we care about most.
This is why there's a lot of effort into optimizing and improving the experience that Pop!_OS offers as a Linux desktop OS, and why the team has a very user-centric focus when choosing projects to work on. COSMIC will enable us to better align with a lot of needs that people want from Pop!_OS in a desktop environment. So if you enjoy using Pop!_OS and want COSMIC, then the next time you need to buy a system, think about giving System76 a chance.
Thanks for the info!
No, its a for-profit corporation according to their CO secretary of state listing. Pop!_OS is FOSS though.