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TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 15 Gen10 Linux Laptop Announced with AMD Ryzen AI 300
Featuring an all-aluminum chassis, the TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 15 Gen10 laptop comes with either the AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 processor with 8 cores and 16 threads, the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 processor with 10 cores and 20 threads, or the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor with 12 cores and 24 threads.
The Linux laptop also features NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 dedicated graphics with 8 GB GDDR7 VRAM, up to 128GB RAM, up to 8TB M.2 2280 PCI Express 4.0 SSD, and a large 99Wh battery promising up to 10 hours of web surfing.
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TUXEDO Unveils InfinityBook Max 15: A Linux Laptop with Ryzen AI 9
After launching the InfinityBook Pro 15 (Intel) model last month, the German Linux hardware manufacturer TUXEDO has now announced the launch of its new InfinityBook Max 15, a 15.3-inch business ultrabook that blurs the line between professional workstation and gaming laptop.
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Tuxedo Launches InfinityBook Max 15: Ryzen AI 9 Linux Laptop with RTX 5070 Graphics
German Linux hardware maker Tuxedo Computers has announced the InfinityBook Max 15, a 15.3-inch aluminium ultrabook that bridges professional and gaming performance. Despite weighing just 1.95 kg, it packs AMD's Ryzen AI 300 processors up to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (12C/24T) paired with GeForce RTX 5060 or RTX 5070 graphics. The display is a 15.3-inch 2560 x 1600 IPS panel with 300 Hz refresh rate, 100% sRGB coverage, and 500 nits brightness. A 99 Wh battery offers up to 10 hours of light use, with USB-C 140 W charging and a 240 W GaN adapter for full-power workloads. It features dual DDR5-5600 slots (up to 128 GB) and two PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD bays (up to 8 TB).
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Tuxedo InfinityBook Max 15 Linux laptop offers desktop-grade power
Tuxedo designs and builds Linux computers. The InfinityBook Max 15 is the German firm’s newest Linux laptop, and it arrives with Wayland as the standard graphics system, even on models that use Nvidia GPUs.
The new laptop is the company’s third model to use Wayland by default, following the Polaris 15 Gen5 and Gemini 17 Gen3, which both faced issues running X11 under Ubuntu and Tuxedo OS.
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TUXEDO Computers Announces a New InfinityBook » Linux Magazine
If you're looking for a new laptop that can do some heavy lifting, TUXEDO Computers might have exactly what you need. The InfinityBook Max 15 is a 15-inch ultrabook that packs a powerful punch. The base model features an AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 CPU and a GeForce RTX 5060, an IPS display at 2560x1600, and a 300Hz refresh rate – this laptop is ready to rock.
You can upgrade the InfinityBook 15 Max up to a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU and a GeForce RTX 5070 GPU. You'll get dual DDR5-5600 slots for up to 128GB of RAM and two PCIe 4.0x4 SSD bays for up to 8TB of storage.
The cooling system uses dual fans with adjustable TGP levels and can handle up to 150W of CPU/GPU power.
As far as connectivity goes, you get 2 USB-C (USB4/3.2 Gen 2), three USB-A, 1 HDMI 2.1, 1 Mini DisplayPort 2.1, 1 RJ45, and an SD card reader.
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Tuxedo won't sell a Linux laptop with Qualcomm Snapdragon X after all - Liliputing
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X series processor made a big splash when they first hit the scene last year, because they were the first Arm-based chips for Windows PCs that promised competitive performance with the Intel and AMD processors that have dominated the market for decades. But what about PCs that don’t run Windows?
Last June German PC maker Schenker and Linux PC vendor Tuxedo Computers showed off a prototype of a Linux laptop with a Snapdragon X Elite processor. But nearly a year and a half later you’re still not able to buy one… and now it looks like you never will be. Tuxedo has announced that it’s giving up on that laptop.
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Tuxedo halts Linux ARM laptop project over Snapdragon X Elite issues
Tuxedo Computers has paused development of its planned Linux ARM notebook based on Qualcomm’s first-generation Snapdragon X Elite chip, bringing the eighteen-month project to a halt.
The company says the device won't now move forward in its current form due to technical limitations that prevent it from meeting the standard expected of a Linux-first laptop.
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Snapdragon X1 Elite GNU/Linux laptop cancelled due to performance concerns — GNU/Linux PC maker says Qualcomm CPU is ‘less suitable for GNU/Linux than expected’
Tuxedo Computers, which builds Linux-powered desktops and laptops, has stopped work on GNU/Linux for the Snapdragon X1E, saying that the chip is less suitable for the open-source OS than expected.
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Linux Device Trees For Cancelled Products? Don't "Waste Time"
Yesterday TUXEDO Computers cancelled their Snapdragon X Elite GNU/Linux laptop plans. In their announcement discontinuing work on this X1E GNU/Linux laptop, they said they would still upstream the Device Tree support to the mainline GNU/Linux kernel. Indeed they posted a new revision of their DT patches on Friday for the GNU/Linux kernel, but there is diminishing outlook that they will be accepted upstream for this cancelled product [...]
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Tuxedo Gives Up on Snapdragon X Elite-Powered Linux Laptop
Tuxedo Computers, the brand known for making high-performance Linux laptops powered by its own TuxedoOS, has officially announced that it has stopped work on a planned Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite laptop, citing development difficulties as the reason for stopping the project. Some of the issues Tuxedo ran into were caused by incompatibility and a lack of driver support, while others were seemingly just platform limitations and a lack of platform maturity. One of the main complications Tuxedo cites is a lack of support for BIOS updates under Linux, but this lack of support also extends to virtualization, fan control, and high-speed USB4 ports, at least given the prospective launch timeline. Tuxedo also explains that the long battery life—the main draw of Arm-powered laptops—simply wasn't panning out on Linux.
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TUXEDO scraps its Linux-based Snapdragon X Elite laptop — says the SoC "proved to be less suitable for Linux than expected"
PC maker TUXEDO has announced that its upcoming Snapdragon X Elite powered Linux notebook has been canceled. The company says it found development to be too challenging, noting that the Snapdragon X Elite SoC was "less suitable for Linux than expected."
TUXEDO is a brand that specialized in Linux PCs. The company makes both laptops and desktop PCs that are fully compatible with Linux, and its planned Snapdragon X Elite notebook was supposed to be the company's first ARM-based Linux device.
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Tuxedo suspends Linux laptop plans with Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite SoC
Back in 2024, Tuxedo, a popular Linux laptop maker, announced that it was working on a system powered by the Snapdragon X Elite SoC. After months of work, the brand now shares that the project is "less suitable than expected."
Tuxedo teased a new ARM notebook that's powered by the 12-core Snapdragon X Elite SoC in 2024. The laptop would run on Linux, which would've made it unique given that all the other systems powered by Qualcomm's PC SoCs are Windows on ARM (WoA) devices.
However, after 18 months of work, Tuxedo has shared that the brand is putting a hold on the project as Linux with Snapdragon X Elite SoC is "less suitable than expected." The company shares that many of the strong points of these SoCs are not evident on Linux (Windows-powered 2024 Microsoft Surface Pro curr. $899.99 on Amazon).
For example, Tuxedo mentions that long battery life, something that Qualcomm boasts about for Windows on ARM, "were not achieved under Linux." The company also shares that many of the key functions, such as BIOS updates under Linux, were also missing on the architecture.
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Tuxedo OS: Ubuntu Base, KDE Plasma, Awesome Performance
Tuxedo Computers is on a mission to make Linux accessible to the general public. Its primary means of pulling this off is by way of outstanding laptops and desktop computers. I’ve tested several from the company’s lineup and have always been impressed.
But did you know that Tuxedo Computers also has a Linux distribution?
That’s right. Tuxedo OS is based on Ubuntu and uses KDE Plasma for its desktop environment. Although Tuxedo OS is optimized for Tuxedo hardware, it will run on any off-the-shelf system. I will say this: Tuxedo OS is very impressive when running on the company’s own hardware. That being said, it still runs very well on other systems and virtual machines (VMs).
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A computer builder calls Qualcomm "less suitable for Linux than expected" as it cancels its Snapdragon products
While Tuxedo Computers could, in theory, continue hammering away until it gets everything working, it believes that it'll be way too late to the party. After all, the Snapdragon X2 Elite is coming out in the first half of 2026, so there's the very real possibility that Tuxedo Computers will get its devices to market just in time for it to become instantly obsolete.
Still, it seems the company hasn't thrown in the towel just yet. It's going to keep a sharp eye on the Snapdragon X2 Elite architecture and see what it can achieve with that, instead. If it believes it can make a quality product using the new architecture, it'll fire the kilns back up and attempt to make a device based on it. Here's hoping it manages to get something off the ground.
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Tuxedo Cancels Its Linux Laptop Project Using Snapdragon X Elite After Performance Issues
The Linux PC manufacturer Tuxedo Computers has ended development of its ambitious laptop based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite processor after more than 18 months of work.
The German company stated that the first generation of the chip (X1E) turned out to be “less suitable for Linux than expected”, mainly due to the lack of support and performance issues within the open-source ecosystem.
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The Laptop That Wasn't: TUXEDO Computers Shelves Linux ARM Notebook Plans
The notebook was built around Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite (X1E) SoC. TUXEDO faced numerous technical roadblocks that prevented a viable Linux experience. KVM virtualization support was missing entirely on their model. This eliminated a critical feature for developers and power users who rely on virtual machines.
USB4 ports failed to deliver the high transfer rates expected from the specification. Fan control through standard Linux interfaces proved impossible to implement. BIOS updates under Linux presented another problem.
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Tuxedo Computers slams lid on Arm Linux laptop after 18 months of pain
German Linux box vendor Tuxedo Computers has canned its long-planned Qualcomm device, citing numerous problems with the state of the Linux-on-Arm art.
After a year and a half of work, Tuxedo announced that it is discontinuing work on its planned Arm laptop based on a Qualcomm Snapdragon System-on-Chip. There is some good news mingled in with the bad, though. The company is planning to submit its support code upstream to help others trying to support computers based around the device – and in a somewhat unusual move, it hinted that the Medion SPRCHRGD 14 was the model it aimed to OEM.
The device was to use a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite SoC, whose release The Register covered in October 2023. In November that year, that specific SoC was mentioned at the Ubuntu Summit as a target platform. We reported that Tuxedo's machine was coming in June 2024. Back then, the vendor said TUXEDO on ARM is coming, and another update followed in March 2025.
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Top Linux PC maker drops plan for SnapdragonX Elite-powered notebook - says hardware was "less suitable than expected."
Tuxedo Computers has canceled its plan to release a Linux notebook powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite after eighteen months of development.
The company stated that the first-generation X1E chip proved less suitable for Linux distros than anticipated.
While video decoding is technically possible, many applications lack the necessary support, and features such as BIOS updates and fan control cannot currently be implemented under Linux.
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TUXEDO Computers Scraps Snapdragon X1E-Based La... » Linux Magazine
TUXEDO Computers recently announced it was scrapping its plans for a new laptop built around the Snapdragon X Elite (X1E) SoC. According to the announcement, the "first-generation X1E proved to be less suitable for Linux than expected."
In particular, TUXEDO Computers pointed to long battery runtimes. Battery life is typically a strong point of ARM devices, but the company was unable to achieve the hoped-for results. On top of that, high USB 4 transfer rates, BIOS updates, fan controllers, and virtualization with KVM are either missing at this point or not foreseeable for the current model.
Another reason for backing out of this is that, essentially, TUXEDO Computers would be releasing a laptop with a CPU that was more than two years old, with the X2 Elite (X2E) introduced in September 2025.