System76 boss reckons he can liberate the entire PC stack... just give him another 15 years

INTERVIEW There are only a handful of dedicated Linux PC vendors. One of the best-known is the 20-year-old American company System76. It's not just a business that installs Linux on PCs. System76 is building something rare in 2026: a vertically integrated Linux‑first computing stack that treats open source as an engineering north star, not just marketing copy.We spoke to founder and CEO Carl Richell about where System76 began and where it's going. When Richell started System76 20 years ago