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System / updates, drivers and self checks

A workstation that keeps getting better

What we learn on our own machines reaches yours as signed releases: faster engine builds, new models, quieter fan control, fixes. The box checks for a new release every day, watches its own hardware in between, and puts the previous release back by itself if an update does not come up healthy. Drivers ship in the kernel, so you never install one.

Update check 24 h The box looks for a new release every day, the first time 10 minutes after boot Failed update Auto rollback A health check runs after every update; the previous release comes back if it fails BIOS 0.14 AMI, dated 29 September 2025, checked at every boot

01Releases

Automatic updates

A release carries the dashboard, the setup service and the laptop connector, and moves the engine and model versions to the ones we tested. Your dashboard shows it with the release notes.

The path of a Lucebox release 1. We test: every release on our own machines 2. Signed release: Ed25519 manifest, expires after 120 days 3. Staged rollout: beta machines first, then a growing share 4. Your box checks: 10 min after boot, then every 24 hours 5. You press Update: on your dashboard, or turn on auto-install 6. Health check: if it fails, the previous release comes back 01 We test every release onour own machines 02 Signed release Ed25519 manifest,expires after 120 days 03 Staged rollout beta machines first,then a growing share 04 Your box checks 10 min after boot,then every 24 hours 05 You press Update on your dashboard,or turn on auto-install 06 Health check if it fails, the previousrelease comes back
Every release takes this path. Step 05 is the only one that waits for you.
Check
Once a day, starting 10 minutes after boot. New releases show up on your dashboard.
Signature
Every release is signed with Ed25519, and the box installs nothing we have not signed.
Rollout
Our machines and beta testers get it first, then everyone else in waves.
Kernel and firmware
Held back from Ubuntu's automatic upgrades, then applied together from your dashboard.
Rollback
Automatic if the box is not healthy after an update. Or run lucebox-updater rollback.
Auto-install
Off by default, so you press Update. Turn it on and updates install themselves.

Ed25519 public keyMCowBQYDK2VwAyEAHFe0jnpI/4qHoTcbabkWaLeEyQeMF9n+pUNBOc+laas=

Download the release signing key

02Shipped versions

Firmware and drivers

Read from a production machine on 24 September 2026. Your own versions are on your dashboard under Check machine, or lucebox doctor over SSH.

Firmware

BIOS0.14AMI, dated 29 September 2025
R9700 VBIOS113-EXT127429-001AMD reference board, 32 GB
Radeon 8060S113-STRXLGEN-001Strix Halo graphics

Operating system

Ubuntu Server24.04.4LTS, with Ubuntu security updates
Kernel7.0Ubuntu HWE edge
Lucebox OS0.1.0Dashboard, updater, boot check

Drivers and runtime

GPU driveramdgpuIn the kernel, nothing to install
ROCm7.2.4From AMD, version pinned
Wi-Fi, BluetoothiwlwifiIntel AX210, Wi-Fi 6E

03Health

Diagnosis and repair

The box keeps an eye on its own hardware, before the engine starts and all the time after. When something is off, it tells you what and proposes the fix.

Analysis

At every boot

  • BIOS version
  • Kernel settings
  • R9700 link at 16 GT/s x4

The engine waits until all three are right.

Every minute

  • GPU resets
  • PCIe errors
  • Wi-Fi firmware restarts
  • Free disk space
  • Pending updates

Read from the hardware and the kernel log.

Resolution

  1. 01
    Alert

    It shows up on your dashboard, with what happened and when.

  2. 02
    Proposed fix

    One fix at a time, written out before anything runs.

  3. 03
    Your click

    Run applies it, Skip leaves the machine as it is.

  4. 04
    Logged

    Every fix is kept in a list, newest first.

04Cooling

Inference-aware cooling

The R9700 blower is the loudest part of the machine. Its firmware reacts to temperature, so it ramps after every short request and holds about 3,500 RPM through the pauses of an agent session. Our cooling service lets the fan follow the work the engine has queued instead: same peak temperatures, much less fan.

Mean blower RPM, stock firmware against the quiet fan Chat: 1,906 RPM stock, 1,734 RPM quiet fan, peaks 76 and 73 C. Agent loop: 3,297 RPM stock, 2,343 RPM quiet fan, peaks 88 and 88 C. Sustained: 3,590 RPM stock, 2,686 RPM quiet fan, peaks 91 and 90 C. Stock firmware Quiet fan Die peak 08001600240032004000 rpm Chat 1,906 76 °C 1,734 73 °C Agent loop 3,297 88 °C 2,343 88 °C Sustained 3,590 91 °C 2,686 90 °C
Mean fan speed over six-minute runs, with the peak die temperature on the right.
Blower RPM over six minutes of agent traffic Stock firmware idles near 3,500 RPM through every pause. A temperature-only custom curve hunts between about 1,730 and 3,000 RPM every cycle. The co-design holds a steady band between about 2,200 and 2,600 RPM after the first minute. 1,600 2,100 2,600 3,100 3,600 0 60 120 180 240 300 360 s Blower RPM Stock firmware Temperature-only curve Quiet fan
Agent workload: stock firmware (grey) holds 3,500 RPM through every pause, the quiet fan (gold) holds a steady band.
Chat 1,734 rpm

The fan stays at its floor. Stock pulses to 1,906 after every reply.

Agent loops −29%

2,343 against 3,297 rpm, both peaking at 88 °C.

Sustained −25%

2,686 against 3,590 rpm, 90 against 91 °C at the peak.

Turn it onDashboard / System / Cooling / Quiet fan

Read how it works

05Support

Versions and recovery

Everything we need to help you is already on the machine. Questions go to support@lucebox.com with your order number.

On your dashboard

  • Board and BIOS
  • Kernel and GPU driver
  • GPU link
  • Memory and disk

Check machine lists all of them in a few seconds.

Over SSH

lucebox version
lucebox doctor
sudo lucebox-updater status

Versions, a full health report, and the update channel.

Start over

We send a USB recovery installer that puts the machine back as it shipped. It erases the internal drive.

Request the installer

Include your order number.

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A workstation you do not have to maintain, from $5,999.

Drivers, firmware and the engine arrive tested and signed. Questions about any of it: support@lucebox.com.

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