Bootstrapped Linux box botherer flogs new Thelio kit, talks up COSMIC, and politely declines to bolt AI onto everything When Richell started System76 20 years ago, he had $1,500 in my basement and no venture capital. He only had a bet that there were enough serious Linux users to sustain an honest, Linux‑only PC company. It has since grown organically into a factory operation in Denver, where raw aluminum sheets and billets come in one end and finished roll out the other, complete with in‑house...
