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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The Ubuntu Linux distribution has a long history of colorful names, but ...

System76 has been selling Linux computers for more than 15 years. For a long time that meant the company’s hardware came with Ubuntu pre-installed. But a few years ago System76 began offering users a ...

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