r/tuxedocomputers

First of all, I am a big fan of Tuxedo laptops, have owned 2 in last few years and I keep checking their website for any upcoming models. It has been a while since anything exciting was announced/released tho, so I thought to ask here if there any new models coming out and what we can expect for this year. I am really hoping for something with OLED display and superb speakers, that can run quiet and be lightweight, but still powerful enough to play some games :-)

Hello! It's been exactly 8 months to the day since I shared my initial review of this laptop. I already did an update after 3 months, so this post only mentions stuff from this year. Happy reading!

• 2026-01-xx - Successfully played World of Warcraft. I added the Battle.net installer to Steam as a "non-Steam game". I only got a black screen at first for the launcher, but when I changed the compatibility mode to Proton 10, everything went surprisingly smoothly.
  • However, I got some "jittery" frames. It was like jumping between previous and future frames. Disabling vsync fixed that.
  • The game often (but not always) would start in window mode, despite normally playing in fullscreen. I had to go to the options and toggle between "PnP" and "Primary" monitors, which seem to be the same thing, as I only use one.
• 2026-01-xx - Using Puddletag to tag my local music collection. The Flatpak versions seems to be unable to access my second drive. I need to copy the files to my home folder to edit them, and then move them back.
• 2026-01-xx - I sometimes use my old laptop still for Windows things, and I noticed that this Tuxedo machine makes no sound whatsoever. I don't think the fans ever turned on in my daily use so far.
• 2026-02-17 - Did a system update after boot. Steam didn't open. Clicking restart or shutdown in the start menu simply faded the screen to black. I ran `shutdown now` from the terminal. The next reboot worked just fine, Steam also worked again.
• 2026-02-26 - Booted the laptop as usual. Cursor was visible, but screen remained black otherwise. Shut down the laptop by holding the power button and booting again solved it. It happened about 3 times before, I think.
• 2026-02-28 - The past two days I got a message that Tomte couldn't update something. Upon checking updates via Discover, I got the following error messages:
  • E: Splitting of clearsigned file /var/lib/apt/lists/deb.tuxedocomputers.com\_ubuntu\_dists\_noble\_InRelease failed as it doesn't contain all expected parts
  • E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
  • Solution was to delete/rename the /var/lib/apt/lists folder and running sudo apt-get update to fetch the lists anew. I could then update through Discover just fine.
• 2026-03-16 - Maybe I'm just imagining things, but I feel like WoW runs much smoother now.
• 2026-03-20 - Boot was black again with visible cursor
• 2026-04-02 - Playing "Diplomacy is not an Option", the fans are actually turning on, and at full speed no less! Using the "Cool and breezy" preset. I created a custom profile in the Tuxedo Control Center to limit the CPU to 35W.
  • 2026-04-27 - On the last map, I would have to set CPU to the max wattage of 165W to have smooth 60 FPS. With 35W it can still run at 40FPS minimum though. I wonder why such a big power difference causes so little performance gain. Perhaps it's just a Proton compatibility layer thing.
• 2026-04-26 - Started playing Trackmania again, by installing Ubisoft Connect through Steam, the same way I installed Battle.net before. It worked perfectly fine.
  • Playing with a PS4 controller, I had to disable Steam Input so it won't get recognized twice and jumble up my inputs.
  • There was noticeable input delay. Fix was to disable vsync.
• 2026-04-30 - Rarely, the laptop would randomly turn on the fans full speed for just a split second. Not sure what this is about. It happens about once every hour or two.
  • 2026-05-11 - I tried fiddling a bunch with the fan settings, but no matter what I do, the short "bursts" keep happening. No matter if the fan profile is "Silent" or "Freezy". The latter does keep them on at all times, but still goes for the split-second speedup at around the same interval. Temperatures are hovering around 40°C dGPU/45°C CPU with the Freezy profile, and 50°C dGPU/55°C CPU with the Silent one. It also "boosts" even when the fans are already on while doing some demanding task.
  • I tried downgrading the Tuxedo Control Center to 2.1.23-16, but it didn't change anything.
• 2026-05-10 - I noticed that my phone charges incredibly slowly all of a sudden from the laptop. Like, 2% per hour. I restarted the phone and that seems to have fixed it. Mentioning it here because it somehow only affected charging from the laptop. Charging from my power bank worked just fine.
• Status on some of my previous notes:
  • Bluetooth mouse still disconnects 20 seconds after boot
  • Still can't charge USB devices when the laptop is turned off
  • Steam started all glitchy sometimes → Didn't happen anymore
  • Laptop didn't charge sometimes → Didn't happen anymore

TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen 10 AMD, Fedora 44, kernel 7.0.8

Laptop does not wake from sleep. It enters s2idle, but then never resumes; keyboard, trackpad, and power button do nothing, and I have to hard power it off. This model appears to use s2idle as expected for current hardware.

I already tried:

- Disabling Fast Boot in BIOS.
- Adding these kernel parameters: "amd_pstate=passive cpufreq.governor=schedutil acpi.prefer_microsoft_dsm_guid=1 i8042.reset i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.noloop"
- Confirming after reboot that the parameters are active, amd-pstate is in passive mode, and the governor is schedutil.

The changes are definitely applied, but resume is still broken. Has anyone with this exact model found a reliable fix, BIOS update, or TUXEDO-specific workaround?

Additional Note: I checked my BIOS version and it is N.1.21A21. I have seen reports that this specific version is missing the LPIT table required for s0ix/s2idle to function on Linux. Since this is the latest firmware, is TUXEDO aware of this bug, and is a hotfix update planned soon?

I've been using Tuxedo OS on my Huawei Matebook 13 (2019) for a few days and it has been fine. Stable, fast and coming from Kubuntu, it's a seamless transition. (I just didn't want to have to remove snaps again after updating to the latest LTS version)

I was wondering how does Tuxedo OS determine the best GPU driver? Kubuntu had a driver GUI to select the most appropriate driver which had been tested. The Tuxedo Control Centre give useful info about the hardware but the driver selection GUI from Kubuntu is not available in Tuxedo OS.

Is there a way to determine the best GPU driver which has been tested and recommended for particular GPUs?

Thanks.

Laptop specs: https://kelaptop.com/en/huawei-matebook-13-wrt-w29

Fan control on Clevo V360SNRQ (i9-14900HX) — any working solution on Linux?

Running Ubuntu 26.04. tuxedo-drivers loads tuxedo_compatibility_check but tuxedo_io fails with "No such device". TCC shows N/A for fan and temperature readings. nbfc-linux has no config for this chassis. Fans run aggressively even at low temps and light load. Anyone got this working?

Hello, Tuxedocomputers support (anyone here?),

It would be great to be able to read release notes for BIOS updates and not just try to (blindly) flash it and pray it would work 🥲

Last time I flashed the BIOS update, my laptop behaved very strange so at some moment I was thinking "That's it! Game over, now it's a brick." ... so now I see a new BIOS out for my hardware, but I'm damn scared to flash it w/o a serious reason (running the latest kernel I've built myself for Exherbo, I observe some bugs in `dmesg` and keep hoping some day they could be magically fixed with a BIOS update %)

MSI z890 mag tomahawk wifi board
270K plus cpu
4x crucial CP2K16G64C32U5B 16gb ddr5 6400 MT/s

Installed to sata ssd

Sleep function appears to just blank monitor. Kill-a-watt meter shows idle power drop from ~30W to 15W, fans continue spinning.

Same test using ubuntu 26.04 and KDE neon (kernel 6.17.x) drops power to 0-2w (s3), fans stop, etc. Proper s3 sleep.

Suggestions on how to proceed to get tux to sleep properly?

In this week's news update (https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/de/This-Week-in-TUXEDO-OS-19-2026) Tuxdedo mentioned that they rolled out a Dirty Frag patch.

In the update section of Discover I see a lot of packages from Tuxedo to be updated, however none of them states that it deals with dirty frag / or has dirty frag in the name.
I am wondering which one it is?

With Ubuntu packages (that are also listed in Discover) it is very easy to identify which ones are security related and which ones are "just" updates because there are separate channels the package is coming from. For me that is very helpful as I would like to be very updated on the security side of things and I would like to wait for a few months before I update anything non security related. Is there a way to easily find out which Tuxedo packages are security related? They all come from tuxedo_computers-tuxedo-main)

TUXEDO just announced the new BM15 Linux laptop, and it feels like a throwback in a good way. Instead of stuffing in pointless AI buzzwords, it focuses on stuff business and Linux users may actually care about, like a built-in smart card reader, optional 4G LTE, upgradeable RAM and storage, a replaceable battery, and even a repairable keyboard. It also ships with proper Linux support out of the box, including Ubuntu 24.04 and TUXEDO OS. Nice to see a company still building laptops that don’t feel disposable.

In Germany, people say "Holla, die Waldfee" when something hits with unexpected force. Our developer penguins have probably thought that more often than they would have liked lately. With Pack2TheRoot, Copy Fail, and Dirty Frag, three Linux vulnerabilities surfaced that allowed privilege escalation to root. Not a pleasant surprise, but openly disclosed and therefore well addressable.

In TUXEDO OS, we reacted quickly and shipped corresponding bug fixes. For “Dirty Frag,” there is already an initial mitigation, even if the final fix is still pending. Beyond the daily patch work, there are also more pleasant developments: KeepSecret makes an appearance, and with Oxygen and Air, two KDE classics are celebrating a surprising comeback for KDE’s 30th anniversary. A bit of nostalgia between updates and kernel work never hurts.e.

You can read the full issue here: This Week in TUXEDO OS #19-2026. 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.

Hi,

I am using Debian testing on an Infinity Book. Kernel updates seems to be a matter of fortune.

I am trying tuxedo kernels (6.14, 6.17) and standard kernels from Debian testing (6.19...). All driver modules are installed, as well as Tuxedo Control Center.

Sometimes the standard kernel works in all aspects, sometimes only the Tuxedo kernel works. Sometimes even the Tuxedo kernel doesn't work (in the moment its 6.17, which lacks fan and CPU speed settings.)

How can I use the (preferably most recent) standard kernel in a reliable way? If that does not work, how can I make sure that the most recent Tuxedo kernel supports all hardware components of my Infinity Book (5, if that matters)?

Thank you for helping...