System76's 16-inch, Linux-powered Pangolin thin-and-light laptop has been given a nifty spec bump, making it far more attractive as a productivity or even lightweight creative laptop. The updated Pangolin features a new, high-resolution, high-refresh rate display, updated CPU options, and a full aluminium construction. System76 laptops ship by default with Pop!_OS 22.04 or Ubuntu 24.04, and the hardware is all carefully selected for Linux compatibility. The updated Pangolin laptop is 0.7 inches (18 mm) thick, and it weighs in at 3.82 lbs (1.73 kg).

The updated System76 Pangolin features a 16.1-inch, 2560 × 1600p, 120 Hz display with 100% sRGB coverage, the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS CPU with its AMD Radeon 780M iGPU, and it can be decked out with up to 96 GB of DDR5-5600 RAM and up to 16 TB of SSD storage, thanks to dual M.2 slots. As far as thin-and-light productivity workstations go, the Pangolin is quite well-equipped in the connectivity department, too, with 1× USB4 type-C port, 1× USB 3.2 Gen 2 type-C port, and 3× USB 3.2 Gen 1 type-A, and HDMI 2.0 ports alongside a Micro SD card reader. Wireless connectivity is also full-featured, with Bluetooth 5.2 and Wi-Fi 6E. There's also a 1080p webcam with a physical kill-switch, while the keyboard has white backlighting, and the sizeable multitouch trackpad still has physical buttons for those who prefer that. The Pangolin is available via System76's online shop, starting at $1,299 for the base configuration.