Initial impression of System76 Thelio Astra
This one-of-a-kind arm64 server, ordered on 05/20/2026, and received the day before yesterday, works out of the box for the most part. It was easy to get the server connected to the LAN for remote administration. The System76 team also included a VGA-to-HDMI adapter for troubleshooting purposes, in case known issues with the NVIDIA graphics driver arise on arm64. Other minor issues might still be encountered, such as the custom hardware add-ons (e.g., WiFi and Bluetooth, extra SSD) not being detected by the software out of the box. Overall, I am satisfied with this server so far, despite the glitches.