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Thank you for testing the TUXEDO OS Debian Open Beta and for helping us improve it!

We are aware that GitLab's current registration and verification requirements can make it difficult for some users to submit bug reports. While GitLab remains our primary development and issue-tracking platform for now, we don't want a GitLab account to be a prerequisite for contributing feedback.

For the duration of the Open Beta, you can therefore reach us in three ways:

1. GitLab — preferred for bug reports:

If you have a GitLab account or can create one, please submit issues directly there.

This remains the best option for structured bug tracking, follow-up discussions, and keeping development information in one place.

2. This Reddit thread — alternative Open Beta feedback channel

If GitLab registration is preventing you from reporting an issue, simply post your feedback as a comment in this thread.

Bug reports, usability feedback and other observations about the Debian Open Beta are all welcome. Where appropriate, we may transfer relevant reports into our internal development workflow.

To help us reproduce issues, please include as much of the following as possible:

• Your TUXEDO device/model or relevant hardware
• TUXEDO OS version
• What you expected to happen
• What actually happened
• Steps to reproduce the issue
• Relevant logs or screenshots, if available

Please do not post personal, sensitive, or confidential information publicly on Reddit.

3. E-mail — for reports you don't want to post publicly

You can also send feedback to: tux@tuxedocomputers.com

Please explicitly state whether the contents of your message may be used in a public bug report or discussion. For example, include one of these lines:

Confidential: No — the information may be transferred to a public issue.

or

Confidential: Yes — please keep the information private.

This helps us make sure we handle your report in the way you intended.

Changing our complete Git and CI infrastructure during an ongoing Open Beta is not something we can do responsibly without disrupting established development and QA workflows. However, evaluating alternatives and reducing barriers to community participation is on our roadmap.

And this is not only about the Open Beta. We want continuous community feedback to remain an important part of TUXEDO OS development beyond the Beta as well. Making it easier for people to participate — regardless of whether they have an account with a particular third-party service — is therefore something we want to improve long-term.

Thank you for testing, reporting, discussing, and helping us make TUXEDO OS better!

Hi,

now, since the Open Beta for TUXEDO OS on Debian Testing has been released, we hope for many of you take it for a spin and put it through its paces. We are looking for your bug reports, feedback, and suggestions. We have one big ask, though: Please direct your input to our GitLab instance that we have set up for this. The link will take you straight to the template to open a new issue. It will make our job a lot easier if we have all of your input in one place. Thank you!

On Sunday, August 16, we will announce the availability of TUXEDO OS Open Beta. Read all about it here.

On Sunday, August 16, we will announce the availability of TUXEDO OS Open Beta. Read all about it here.

We have a new blog post out, explaining our kernelkoncept concept for TUXEDO OS, based on Debian Testing.

Generative AI in software development needs guidelines. Even the major players, including OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, and Anthropic—agree on that. Linus Torvalds recently sparked discussion by stating that the Linux kernel is not anti-AI and that anyone who disagrees is free to fork the project or move on.

Yesterday, his deputy, Greg Kroah-Hartman, introduced a new policy for the drivers/staging/ kernel subsystem under his responsibility. The policy prohibits LLM-generated contributions, allowing only a narrowly defined exception. In this issue, as App of the Week we showcase the Plasma screenshot utility Spectacle. In our Tips section, we explain how to send your smartphone’s clipboard to your desktop using KDE Connect.

Read the full issue here: This Week in TUXEDO OS #32-2026. We welcome your feedback and discussion, especially about the tools and topics featured in this edition. To stay up to date with future issues, follow us on social media or subscribe to one of our RSS feeds.

The goal of TUXEDO OS is to provide users with a fully productive working environment from the very first boot. This saves both time and resources—for individual users as well as businesses. Our philosophy is simple: as little as possible, as much as necessary. Instead of shipping advertising or demo software, we provide a carefully curated selection of applications that integrate seamlessly into everyday workflows and help users work efficiently. Find out more insights in this article.

Today we put out blog post on how we will support TUXEDO OS Legacy and other currently supported Ubuntu variants. https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/What-the-future-holds-for-TUXEDO-OS-Ubuntu-and-Kubuntu.tuxedo

We have released a post about our security model for TUXEDO OS with Debian Testing base:

https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Security-on-TUXEDO-OS-How-we-secure-Debian-Testing.tuxedo

Once again this week, there was no shortage of topics for lively discussion in the Linux community. Members were engaged in lively discussions about Flatpak Next and the new AI guidelines on Flathub. In our ‘App of the Week’ feature, we’re highlighting the new features in the KDE note-taking app Marknote 1.6, and in our ‘Tips and Tricks’ section, we’re taking a look at KRunner.

You can read the full issue here: This Week in TUXEDO OS #23-2026. As always, feedback and discussion are welcome – especially around the tools and topics covered in this edition. To always stay up to date with the latest issue, follow us on social media or subscribe to one of our RSS feeds.

This week marks another big step forward for TUXEDO in the area of system maintenance. Last December, we introduced TUXEDO Tomte Light, a cross-distribution tool for applying our TUXEDO Fix and Board packages. This was in preparation for TUXEDO Tomte 3, released this week, which represents the new generation of system maintenance at TUXEDO.

This week’s KDE App of the Week takes a crafty turn. We present KXStitch, an application for creating and editing cross-stitch patterns. In the TUXEDO OS Tips & Tricks section, we help you to access KDE Activities.

You can read the full issue here: This Week in TUXEDO OS #22-2026. As always, feedback and discussion are welcome – especially around the tools and topics covered in this edition. To always stay up to date with the latest issue, follow us on social media or subscribe to one of our RSS feeds.

Linus Torvalds currently has mixed feelings about AI tools. They are proving useful in kernel development. Even Greg Kroah-Hartman, second-in-command of kernel development, admitted in an interview that he was surprised by how much more useful the tools have become over the past few months. However, that only holds true when they are used responsibly.

You can read the full issue here: This Week in TUXEDO OS #21-2026. As always, feedback and discussion are welcome – especially around the tools and topics covered in this edition. To always stay up to date with the latest issue, follow us on social media or subscribe to one of our RSS feeds.

It has been a very exciting week for the developers of the KDE project. Yesterday, the first beta release of Plasma 6.7 was published as the next major release of the Plasma desktop, which is also used by TUXEDO OS. An even bigger reason to celebrate came just a few days ago, in the form of a substantial investment in the digital freedom of the Linux desktop.

You can read the full issue here: This Week in TUXEDO OS #20-2026. As always, feedback and discussion are welcome – especially around the tools and topics covered in this edition. To always stay up to date with the latest issue, follow us on social media or subscribe to one of our RSS feeds.