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Not unless you buy their hardware
it hadn't occurred to me that someone would use their distro w/o the hardware.
i bought from a system76 rival w their own distro too so that i can avoid situations like this and lemmy is teaching me how lazy and out of touch it's made me; op's smart to use a distro from a linux company that maintains its own distro with it's own paid developers because there's a stronger chance that there's an answer in their forum, compared to some obscure distro maintained by volunteers with day jobs.
I wish I could get a System76 PC. They're a bit pricey and I like the spec and build my own. Their cases are really nice, so one day I may just buy the case. I use POP OS on my builds and it is really nice. I'm excited to see the Cosmic DE get a full releas
there are cheaper alternatives; tuxedo and kfocus immediately come to mind.