Watching videos of people who are so focused with organising and tidying everything in their workflow and todos makes me feel better about my own obsession with organisation and constant planning of tasks, with accompanying constant software-hopping.
It's a good personality trait! I wish I could organize and tidy anything up in my life, I'm a mess because it's so hard for me to be organized, focused and disciplined.
@@twb0109 The culture and media we live under in neoliberal consumerist capitalism doesn't help - all the distractions of tech and social media, the constant search for dopamine stoked by the big tech that make profit from us searching for things to click on, etc makes it hard to be focused, so don't feel bad about it, it's not only about personal traits but also what the systems we live under do to us.
Very nice hardware presentation Nick 👍. We need more Linux hardware manufacturers and more people that advertise their products like you do. Apple and especially Microsoft need more competition in the desktop market, monopolies are never a good thing.
Yeah... Gnome really fits "monarchy" a lot better, since they make demands of both how it is used and how parts of Linux writ large are used. I don't much care for what king stallman (or his court) say from on high.
I switch back and forth currently, due to file-roller not being able to drag and drop... so if I am dealing with unzipping things, I switch to KDE... that being said, I feel Gnome stays out of my way and lets me do things. KDE and AmigaOS are what I use when I feel like wasting time making my desktop behave in funky ways. All DEs have their own purpose.
Fedora is planning on Wayland as default, yes. But most other distros wont. I suspect Fedora wont actually do it for the next release either, setting it as default for the first release of Plasma 6 seems a bit risky even if there are a lot of improvements over Plasma 5. I think the committee will postpone it but who knows, it's just speculation on my part.
@@Qyngali No, I'm talking about KDE not Fedora, Plasma 6 will come with Wayland enabled by default and the distro would need to add themselves X11 if they want but if they only use KDE as intended by the developers it will come with the wayland compositor and X11 will not be present. "We’re going to make a very strong push for Wayland to be the default session type for Plasma 6. The X11 session will still be there of course, and distros will be free to override this and continue defaulting to X11 if they feel like it suits them better. But we want Wayland to be our official recommendation." You can search "Plasma6: Better defaults" if you want to read the full blog, you also have a Phoronix article talking about this change.
15:50 UX improvement suggestions: instead of having to go to the desktop to check performance monitors, you can add them as widgets onto the panel itself. For example, I have them next to the tray area. And even further, instead of just looking at the current CPU and RAM figures, you can configure them to be charts, and thus observe their recent trends.
KDE user for 22 years - really have never liked Gnome, far too restrictive. KDE seems more Linux like, ie the ability to configure pretty much anything
There is no "Linux like". Linux is a Unix and this thing didn't even have a built-in GUI. So especially in desktop space, there isn't something that really is associated with Linux. Reminds of people in the Halo community saying that Halo 5 doesn't feel "like Halo" 🤦
Now that is a nice KDE setup. I'm usually not a fan of KDE, but I'd be interested in how you set it up like that (the Windows 11 - like panel, system info on the desktop, etc.).
Kde Plasma along side Cinnamon are the two desktops I find that are the easiest to jump in and start using. KDE needs to make the Discover store more presentable and organized for new users.
I switched to KDE about a week ago or so and I found the Discover shop incredibly pretty and easy to use. That isn't to say it's perfect though! Just as an easy example, I don't like how wallpapers show up next to applications when I'm searching and I think the install button being at the top is a bit of an odd choice.
Hey Nick: Syncthing for syncing your devices + Chezmoi for managing $HOME dot files, configurations - and basically whatever you have living in your home directory. Oh, and it allows for using GPG to encrypt your stuff before committing and uploading your stuff 😘
I discovered KDE boots up with same mem usage as XFCE... ~600 range. That is astounding, tight code for all the features. Gnome, Cinnamon, or Mate is more like double, while Win11 is what 3.3GB? The decision is made, and I love Kate editor.
Used to like Gnome back in the 2.0 days, but that is also what I first used in Linux. But 3.0 drove me away and now I sit in KDE land... KDE connect is just so hard to live without now, and it integrates so nicely.
KDE connect is literally on all 5 big operating systems. I'd say GSConnect implementation is about as awesome, the only thing I hate about it is that you can't scroll that top right box in gnome shell which means you can't see your all of your options for the second device from the shell
2 cents on Resolve choking. change the preview from Full to Half. And to edit things in the notebook, you don't need to move all the raw footage. generate proxies. It's also faster for playback. use ProRes 422 HQ which is efficient enough and has smaller file sizes.
With buying a Tuxedo computer and keeping the OS, you've practically become the manager guy - basically just buy a laptop and have someone you can call to maintain it. It is cool that we have this now though, and it is what I think we'll need for more Linux adoption. Btw, does Tuxedo have an instruction for getting Resolve working a la KFocus?
Also important to remember that the low GHz you use is not the same as older CPU's Clock speed. The instructions per clock cycle are way higher today. I myself run my gaming laptop at 3,2ghz instead of 4,2 to reduce the shared heat load on my gpu.
Thanks again for video :) By the way, if you're using wayland on kde, you might have kwin crash with external keyboard. Steps to reproduce: 1) Start wayland session 2) Turn off the screen (for that you might change power button action to turning screen off) 3) Connect external monitor (I do connect with hdmi) This works also the reverse way (from external monitor with turned screen off disconnect the monitor).
Great laptop! Now let tuxedo, or any of the other Linux laptop manufacturers come up with a 2-in-1 laptop with the same features. You know, pressure sensitive pen capacity capable display, full keyboard with Numpad, good touchpad, gyro, good specs and battery life. I'm using a maxed out HP envy 8th gen, last one I believe that still had a full Numpad. Joy to use but sad to see nobody seems to make these anymore.
@@TheLinuxEXP Well I have a couple spare machines I usually distro hop on, I guess its time to try that Tuxedo OS 2 that you did a video on some time back
Tuxedo OS left me with mixed feelings. It's like de-snappified Ubuntu (the same as Mint) with KDE, which sounds good to me, but for some reason I end up breaking things very quickly :-| I never switch power presets. I just don't see the point in bothering with the settings. IMHO, modern systems are quite adaptive by default, not wasting energy when not needed and providing sufficient performance when needed. The only thing I do is disable automatic sleep as this often causes problems. Probably my computers just don’t want to wake up (neither do I).
The Infinitybook looks like an awesome laptop, I would love to get my hands on one. I did something very similar recently - I Finally moved away from a desktop / laptop combo running fedora on both having finally settled for life with a workstation laptop and thunderbolt dock. As a "pro" user, I rely on two 4k monitors at 60Hz so found the sweet spot between a desktop / mobile setup with TB4. (Caldigit TB4 dock - an amazing bit of kit and works beautifully with fedora)
I would have bought one... If they had a version with an ANSI keyboard layout. They don't, and I can't find any other brand with that layout, so the Framework Laptop 16 it was!
I am using KDE since 2019 and never looked back!!!!! I have made it look somewhat unique as per my needs, beautiful than any mac,windows, out there.But I also switched back to windows as a primary driver due to battery issues in Linux.
Partly thanks to you, Nic, I got a Tuxedo desktop when I switched to Linux a year ago. I'm afraid I don't get on with laptops at all - I don't care for gestures and I like a heavy, clicky mechanical keyboard. And I don't get out much anyway!
I was expecting this to be way more but I was surprised at the price! I have a desktop that is struggling for daily stuff and I want to retire it to be a home server but I wasn't sure about laptops being light and fast enough. This one is pretty good and getting the right layout too is nice!
I believe the KDE Wayland session crashing on Nvidia is because of the outdated Nvidia driver. It seems Tuxedo still uses 515 for some reason. On my laptop, I run the 530 series (currently 535) and KDE has never crashed since. Not to mention Nvidia has stated that the 545 driver update will feature tons of Wayland fixes. So hopefully more distros adopt it once it finally comes out.
4:35 Or go with an external GPU case in addition. But here a warning: be aware that not all window managers work well with it (low FPS). I have the same Laptop (different CPU and no dGPU) with a Razer Chroma X as eGPU case with a RX 6750XT (monitor plugged into the GPU). With Xorg (Gnome or KDE doesn't seem to make a noticeable difference) I get about 35 FPS. With KDE Wayland I get about 15 FPS (from research it seems like this will be fixed in Plasma 6, but haven't tried it). With Gnome Wayland I get about 125 to 144 FPS (depending on what I am doing).
I've wanted a desktop for the longest, but I think this is the better short-term path for me to take. One laptop connected to a larger display. And the marketing for the Stellaris on Tuxedo's website is *really* compelling. Thanks for showing us the setup! I can't find the links in the description though for each time you said you'd leave links in the description. I wanna see that Tuxedo OS review. EDIT: 20:56 YES. Repairability is a priority for me.
Repairability and modern laptops don't exist. The last laptop I had with easy repairability was a 1999 PowerBook Lombard... when apple cared about the longevity of its users. Go for a desktop build. When one part fails, you won't be left stranded.
i've been using Fedora for a close to a year now, originally with Gnome but i switched to KDE a couple months ago, I didn't think about making different power profiles depending on my use case at the moment but I might do that now at least when i'm just browsing the web and watching youtube. I'm a software dev with a big thing for image analysis and AI stuff so limiting the CPU while i work would be quite dumb lol. I wish tuxedo used a lower wattage 40 series card in the 14 inches version tho as they're very efficient. Like in the Asus Flow X13 there is a 60w 4070 which performs on par with a full wattage 4060. I'm definitely switching to a Tuxedo 14" next laptop tho as I'm not really doing anything very windows specific apart maybe from some light game making and some games that wouldn't run on windows, but nothing a quick dual boot wouldn't fix
Great video Nick. It gave me some ideas for my own setup. Thank you! Also, to clarify things. You moved from Gnome to KDE because you wanted a one device setup. That one device is a Tuxedo and it is best to run Tuxedo OS and it is easier to run KDE on it instead of Gnome since it is native, larger support etc. Did I get that right?
I have 2-19in displays. I put my task bars vertical, one on left side of the left screen, the other on the right side of the right screen. There is a menu icon, clock, file manager and desktop switcher on both task bars and some other icons on each which are not duplicated. This has worked well in both KDE and XFCE. XFCE desktop switcher has some issues when the task bar is vertical instead of horizontal.
I used to like GNOME but when I used a lot of extensions that never worked after I updated. I tried KDE Plasma but it didn't have any way to autotile (Bismuth is unmaintened, so no). I then decided to move to Hyprland WM, it is a wassle to setup but once its done it is perfect for my use. Nick, why don't you make a video about Window Manager for begginers?
@@AyushGupta-wn6zd only hyperland works terrible with nvidia because it uses wayland almost every other window manager uses xorg which works great with nvidia
From your videos I was convinced to give a second look to Tuxedo laptops. Now I am convinced I will be buying the next generation of the InfinityBook and I am really excited! 🥳
Honestly why isn't the tuxedo control center a universal app available to all linux users? I still don't understand linux developers obsession with doing everything through the terminal and config files.
I know tuxedo provided the laptop but did you give framework any thought? I’m curious why you would choose a tuxedo over framework. Also I wish you luck with kde and external gpu setup. I had a lot of issues that aren’t fixed until 6 and that’s with an amd graphics card.
Probably a geographical issue. This guy is from France and Framework is an US company, so shipping and tariffs are a possible issue.
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Wayland considers window positioning and display/monitor dimensions priviledged properties and while there is a protocol to allow access to them, they still have not merged it for no obvious reason. So KDE cannot use its classic remembering positions and sizes. This is a massive problem for example in scientific apps with multiple windows that currently CANNOT be used in wayland thanks to that. Sticl to X11 until wayland is a real desktop display protocol in my opinion
Honestly I've come to realise that Garuda Dragonised is the only version of KDE that I like and even then there's some usual KDE+Arch base quirks like locales being a pain in the ass I'd distrohop to either that or Pop OS if I weren't in the middle of a software engineering class
I wonder if it used AMD CPU with integrated GPU and AMD dedicated GPU it would work more easily between the two. Though you won’t have Thunderbolt in such system. I am impressed you can have so much battery life and good performance while on battery.
@@cameronbosch1213 Thunderbolt 3 specifications has been given to USB as part of the USB 4 specifications but to be USB 4 you don't have to have all Thunderbolt 3 features. But it is true that they could choose to use all the features of USB 4 in an all AMD system (or at least be compatible with Thunderbolt 3). I forgot if it was Thunderbolt 3 for this laptop or if it was Thunderbolt 4.
I get it, you are French, but I am surprised you don't have a home lab setup. You should get your Jeff on (Geerling or the other Craft Computing one) and have a dedicated server with either nextcloud or a NAS and hypervisor and remote into it with your laptop. That way you can be the best French man you can be and still have full access to your files and processing power to render videos.
Great video, Nick. Really nice setup from Tuxedo. You can buy a USB-C adapter (e.g. "L" to straight) to use the Steamdeck dock in a better position (il faut chercher "USB C à angle droit 90 degrés"... c'est moins de 5 euros).
Nice setup! I like the idea of a laptop that can handle 4k video editing as well as everything else. I’m not much of a gamer but I like video editing and being able to run Python scripts quickly.
I have no plans for an ultrawide monitor, but using KDE showed me how useful the bar can be on the bottom when configured correctly. The Windows taskbar just shoving everything in the corners is dismal in comparison. 😅 Never even mind the much better tray indicators...
That poor Steam dock! 😜 There is new firmware out for the dock, enables VRR so maybe changes other stuff as well regarding outputs, your can try it. I think it's still only included in Deck's preview build though, you'd have to switch from stable.
OMG THANK YOU so much for that file picker tweak in Firefox! It will make my life so much better, inconsistent file picker annoy the hell out of me! Now to find out if i can force this system-wide... 😀
How did you map the thumb button of your mouse to open the overview it doesn't let me do this in KDE settings, I also can't set the super key to open Krunner
I love kde, not a fan of gnome. I really like cinnamon, and experimenting with fluxbox. Flux is pretty cool. I know it's a wm, but i kind of forget when using it. Excited for cosmic.
Its really tempting to buy my next laptop as a Linux default for proper support, but sadly i cannot find one with a touchscreen and 360° screen rotation, which is something i do not want to leave behind. (And still crying for not being able to try the dualscreen Yoga as its barely usable with Linux based on net)
This is making me want to upgrade as my System76 Pangolin is starting to show its age. Also ... when do we learn more about your cat, featured at 3:16? We want cat photos Nick!
@@FutureChaosTV I'm not saying that was the point. I just want GPU hardware acceleration in both exports and the timeline. Why does no FOSS option on Linux have that!?
Tuxedo Laptops btw use a "whitelabel" kit. You can get the same laptops, windows based, by XMG and other brands. At least thats true for their water-coolable laptops. And those are really hard to beat.
@@cameronbosch1213 yea the name wouldnt come to mind when I wrote that comment. But again, theres a need to point out that this isnt bad but the exact opposite - those laptops are built great and easy to service.
I used Ubuntu MATE LTS for around 8 months and recently switched to Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster. But I installed KDE and currently using it as the default desktop environment. I like it better than gnome. My experience with mx linux xfce was below average and ubuntu mate was also not properly working on my laptop, there were constant errors and unexpected showdowns during my time using it. Ubuntu gnome and KDE are fully compatible with my laptop.
Just moved to Gnome actually, after using Cinnamon for years. I'm liking the simplicity. Tried KDE and Plasma a few times, but never really liked it. Will try it again of course, tinkering is a lifestyle.
It looks like a great device. I am considering a switch from Mac (MacBook Pro 16) to Linux and one of the things that puts me off is how the trackpad works, its sensitivity, utility and general feel. Apple does a great job of this - you mentioned this laptop has one of the best trackpads you've used - how does it feel day to day for scrolling, drag and click and palm rejection?
How do you use wayland when you do a lot of video-related tasks? In my experience Wayland crashed when i tried to have a meeting with teams for example
I really like the simplicity of Gnome but actually Gnomes applications menu laggs after i reopened it for a couple of minute. CPU usage was at 4% and RAM at 10 - 20%. It happens under Fedora, Nobara, Arch, Garuda and Endavour. With arch based distros i also allowed triple buffering and tried the mutter-performance arch repo. So i decided to give kde a try and customize kde for a more minimalistic look :).
Awesome video, and great laptop. Great job to you and Tuxedo. I know you switched from it, but would you recommend switching to Fedora ? PS : Are you from France ? I’ve had some doubt for a long time since I’m french as well, but seeing Brest’s weather awoke those doubts.
Been bingeing yours and other people's videos in perpetrating for buying a Linux laptop. You kinda had me sold on GNOME for a bit, and I was planning to go with fedora for my first Linux machine in a very long time(my precious stint with Linux was using mint maybe 5 years ago). Given the recent red hat controversies and this switch to tuxedo os, I'm curious if you'd now recommend against fedora for a Linux noob. I don't really wanna go back to mint, this time, since I kinda want to just dive into something that definitely isn't windows and learn an entirely new workflow. Btw, thanks for being the least elitist, high quality Linux content creator I've come across, so far.
Hello, nick! Nice video, thanks. Please tell us more about the touch panel. It looks huge. Is it possible to press on it anywhere (like on a macbook)? I mean hardware click.
Could you do a video on installing Davinci Resolve on a tuxedo OS computer? I run the OS on a Thinkpad with an Nvidia processor, so maybe it's possible?
The problem with my System 76 adder laptop WS is that it generates so much heat that my AC can barely keep up and makes me sweat a bit while its on. I would not have known that from from the reviews, which i notice, don't really talk about heat output on laptops anymore.
Was there not a NAS/home server involved in the old setup? I once had Owncloud running on that and tweaked on such a way to onyl sync certain folders to the cloud while the rest would just be kept locally to be available to my home network. That would solve the need for copy-pasting between end points. Edit: Also, I would feel kind of at-risk having just the one pc available, with no fallback when it breaks. Surely your'e keeping at least one of your previous boxes around for backup?
Tuxedo are the Linux king... But I am still waiting for any laptop 14 or 15 inch with ryzen 5 7640u or ryzen 7 7840u.... they have launched 7840hs with dedicated graphics card which I dont want and dont want to spend that much money for what I dont need
Nice video, quick question, what are you going to do with the old material? maybe you can consider donating them if you don't know what to do with them.
Gnome works for me, and KDE works for you. That's the greatness of Linux! Cromulentness even! I wish I could have a proper Linux computer for work, but nooo...
Hmm, not sure about that headphone thing. Recently worked at a HiFi shop. Had lots of interesting issues in general with ARC and EARC. Also on KDE (CachyOS) at home. I just run a USB DAC at home for my 2-channel audio. HDMI can be a ****.
Grab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: www.tuxedocomputers.com/en#
Tuxedo computers are amazing and they are also supporting KDE developers, which is wonderful!
Watching videos of people who are so focused with organising and tidying everything in their workflow and todos makes me feel better about my own obsession with organisation and constant planning of tasks, with accompanying constant software-hopping.
Haha yeah you’re not alone!
It's a good personality trait! I wish I could organize and tidy anything up in my life, I'm a mess because it's so hard for me to be organized, focused and disciplined.
@@twb0109 The culture and media we live under in neoliberal consumerist capitalism doesn't help - all the distractions of tech and social media, the constant search for dopamine stoked by the big tech that make profit from us searching for things to click on, etc makes it hard to be focused, so don't feel bad about it, it's not only about personal traits but also what the systems we live under do to us.
Very nice hardware presentation Nick 👍.
We need more Linux hardware manufacturers and more people that advertise their products like you do.
Apple and especially Microsoft need more competition in the desktop market, monopolies are never a good thing.
He has left the Gnome brotherhood. May the KDE Monarchy care for him and support him through his travels.
@RobertVan-iz5lx Meanwhile Gnome is unusuble for any productive tasks without addons.
@RobertVan-iz5lx Gnome is free if all you want is to be told how your computer works and what it looks like. Kinda like Windows.
Yeah... Gnome really fits "monarchy" a lot better, since they make demands of both how it is used and how parts of Linux writ large are used. I don't much care for what king stallman (or his court) say from on high.
I switch back and forth currently, due to file-roller not being able to drag and drop... so if I am dealing with unzipping things, I switch to KDE... that being said, I feel Gnome stays out of my way and lets me do things. KDE and AmigaOS are what I use when I feel like wasting time making my desktop behave in funky ways. All DEs have their own purpose.
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Because Plasma 6 will ship Wayland by default I hope that all the issues with the wayland compositor will be resolved when Plasma 6 is released.
Yeah, I hope so too!
If it doesn't involve Nvidia, it probably will fix those things.
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Fedora is planning on Wayland as default, yes. But most other distros wont.
I suspect Fedora wont actually do it for the next release either, setting it as default for the first release of Plasma 6 seems a bit risky even if there are a lot of improvements over Plasma 5.
I think the committee will postpone it but who knows, it's just speculation on my part.
@@Qyngali No, I'm talking about KDE not Fedora, Plasma 6 will come with Wayland enabled by default and the distro would need to add themselves X11 if they want but if they only use KDE as intended by the developers it will come with the wayland compositor and X11 will not be present.
"We’re going to make a very strong push for Wayland to be the default session type for Plasma 6. The X11 session will still be there of course, and distros will be free to override this and continue defaulting to X11 if they feel like it suits them better. But we want Wayland to be our official recommendation."
You can search "Plasma6: Better defaults" if you want to read the full blog, you also have a Phoronix article talking about this change.
I switched to KDE few months before GNOME devs decided to break the extensions with a huge upgrade. Nice timing!
Oh hey, I just ordered an Infinity Book Pro 14. It was 100% due to your sponsorships and reviews that I got that (I had never heard of Tuxedo before).
Nice! It’s a wonderful laptop!
15:50 UX improvement suggestions: instead of having to go to the desktop to check performance monitors, you can add them as widgets onto the panel itself. For example, I have them next to the tray area. And even further, instead of just looking at the current CPU and RAM figures, you can configure them to be charts, and thus observe their recent trends.
KDE user for 22 years - really have never liked Gnome, far too restrictive. KDE seems more Linux like, ie the ability to configure pretty much anything
22 years damn you're a Linux vet, what distro did you start with?
I remember a friend installing Debian on my PC and saying that we'll install KDE now instead of Gnome, because KDE is cool. The year was 2006...
@@AlexCarby Mandrake
There is no "Linux like". Linux is a Unix and this thing didn't even have a built-in GUI. So especially in desktop space, there isn't something that really is associated with Linux.
Reminds of people in the Halo community saying that Halo 5 doesn't feel "like Halo" 🤦
@@MrYossarianuk That's a name I haven't heard in years.
Now that is a nice KDE setup. I'm usually not a fan of KDE, but I'd be interested in how you set it up like that (the Windows 11 - like panel, system info on the desktop, etc.).
me too, i prefer Xfce, but - dang, this setup actually looks cool
it looks like stock KDE to me, the centered icons and system info on desktop can just be changed by right clicking on the desktop/panel
What I dislike of KDE is the difficulty to SELECT ALL my files
@@junming8009? You just Ctrl + A?
I think he just messed around with the panel settings and widget positions. Most of those looks like stuff you can find on the Get New... dialogue.
Kde Plasma along side Cinnamon are the two desktops I find that are the easiest to jump in and start using. KDE needs to make the Discover store more presentable and organized for new users.
I switched to KDE about a week ago or so and I found the Discover shop incredibly pretty and easy to use. That isn't to say it's perfect though! Just as an easy example, I don't like how wallpapers show up next to applications when I'm searching and I think the install button being at the top is a bit of an odd choice.
It’s okay, you’ll be back to Gnome one day, the next time you need a new video idea a year from now, I see you! 😎
Hey Nick: Syncthing for syncing your devices + Chezmoi for managing $HOME dot files, configurations - and basically whatever you have living in your home directory. Oh, and it allows for using GPG to encrypt your stuff before committing and uploading your stuff 😘
I discovered KDE boots up with same mem usage as XFCE... ~600 range. That is astounding, tight code for all the features. Gnome, Cinnamon, or Mate is more like double, while Win11 is what 3.3GB? The decision is made, and I love Kate editor.
Used to like Gnome back in the 2.0 days, but that is also what I first used in Linux.
But 3.0 drove me away and now I sit in KDE land... KDE connect is just so hard to live without now, and it integrates so nicely.
KDE connect is literally on all 5 big operating systems. I'd say GSConnect implementation is about as awesome, the only thing I hate about it is that you can't scroll that top right box in gnome shell which means you can't see your all of your options for the second device from the shell
2 cents on Resolve choking. change the preview from Full to Half. And to edit things in the notebook, you don't need to move all the raw footage. generate proxies. It's also faster for playback. use ProRes 422 HQ which is efficient enough and has smaller file sizes.
With buying a Tuxedo computer and keeping the OS, you've practically become the manager guy - basically just buy a laptop and have someone you can call to maintain it. It is cool that we have this now though, and it is what I think we'll need for more Linux adoption.
Btw, does Tuxedo have an instruction for getting Resolve working a la KFocus?
Thank you so much for telling me how to get the file picker for Firefox to use the KDE one instead of GTK, it has annoyed me to no end
Tuxedo's hardware and software offerings are great, i wish them the best always.
Also important to remember that the low GHz you use is not the same as older CPU's Clock speed. The instructions per clock cycle are way higher today.
I myself run my gaming laptop at 3,2ghz instead of 4,2 to reduce the shared heat load on my gpu.
Thanks again for video :)
By the way, if you're using wayland on kde, you might have kwin crash with external keyboard.
Steps to reproduce:
1) Start wayland session
2) Turn off the screen (for that you might change power button action to turning screen off)
3) Connect external monitor (I do connect with hdmi)
This works also the reverse way (from external monitor with turned screen off disconnect the monitor).
Great laptop! Now let tuxedo, or any of the other Linux laptop manufacturers come up with a 2-in-1 laptop with the same features. You know, pressure sensitive pen capacity capable display, full keyboard with Numpad, good touchpad, gyro, good specs and battery life. I'm using a maxed out HP envy 8th gen, last one I believe that still had a full Numpad. Joy to use but sad to see nobody seems to make these anymore.
Feels like a big change for you, switching GNOME to KDE and then also switching Fedora to Ubuntu base
Yep! It’s been a great switch, though, I’ve been daily driving this for a few weeks now!
@@TheLinuxEXP Well I have a couple spare machines I usually distro hop on, I guess its time to try that Tuxedo OS 2 that you did a video on some time back
He did come from Gnome though
Tuxedo OS left me with mixed feelings. It's like de-snappified Ubuntu (the same as Mint) with KDE, which sounds good to me, but for some reason I end up breaking things very quickly :-|
I never switch power presets. I just don't see the point in bothering with the settings. IMHO, modern systems are quite adaptive by default, not wasting energy when not needed and providing sufficient performance when needed. The only thing I do is disable automatic sleep as this often causes problems. Probably my computers just don’t want to wake up (neither do I).
The Infinitybook looks like an awesome laptop, I would love to get my hands on one. I did something very similar recently - I Finally moved away from a desktop / laptop combo running fedora on both having finally settled for life with a workstation laptop and thunderbolt dock. As a "pro" user, I rely on two 4k monitors at 60Hz so found the sweet spot between a desktop / mobile setup with TB4. (Caldigit TB4 dock - an amazing bit of kit and works beautifully with fedora)
I would have bought one... If they had a version with an ANSI keyboard layout. They don't, and I can't find any other brand with that layout, so the Framework Laptop 16 it was!
I had no idea firefox could use kde's file picker, thanks for the info
I am using KDE since 2019 and never looked back!!!!! I have made it look somewhat unique as per my needs, beautiful than any mac,windows, out there.But I also switched back to windows as a primary driver due to battery issues in Linux.
Partly thanks to you, Nic, I got a Tuxedo desktop when I switched to Linux a year ago. I'm afraid I don't get on with laptops at all - I don't care for gestures and I like a heavy, clicky mechanical keyboard. And I don't get out much anyway!
After I visited the site and having checked the available customisations now I know from where my next laptop is coming from.
I would choose them too... If they had an ANSI keyboard layout!
Apple, I guess…these things need power profiles? Laughable…and fiddling around with KDE makes my head hurt…
I was expecting this to be way more but I was surprised at the price! I have a desktop that is struggling for daily stuff and I want to retire it to be a home server but I wasn't sure about laptops being light and fast enough. This one is pretty good and getting the right layout too is nice!
I believe the KDE Wayland session crashing on Nvidia is because of the outdated Nvidia driver. It seems Tuxedo still uses 515 for some reason.
On my laptop, I run the 530 series (currently 535) and KDE has never crashed since.
Not to mention Nvidia has stated that the 545 driver update will feature tons of Wayland fixes. So hopefully more distros adopt it once it finally comes out.
It is looking REALLY good!
Thanks Nick!
Thanks. My favorite Linux channel. Well done!
4:35 Or go with an external GPU case in addition.
But here a warning: be aware that not all window managers work well with it (low FPS).
I have the same Laptop (different CPU and no dGPU) with a Razer Chroma X as eGPU case with a RX 6750XT (monitor plugged into the GPU).
With Xorg (Gnome or KDE doesn't seem to make a noticeable difference) I get about 35 FPS.
With KDE Wayland I get about 15 FPS (from research it seems like this will be fixed in Plasma 6, but haven't tried it).
With Gnome Wayland I get about 125 to 144 FPS (depending on what I am doing).
I've wanted a desktop for the longest, but I think this is the better short-term path for me to take. One laptop connected to a larger display. And the marketing for the Stellaris on Tuxedo's website is *really* compelling.
Thanks for showing us the setup! I can't find the links in the description though for each time you said you'd leave links in the description. I wanna see that Tuxedo OS review.
EDIT: 20:56 YES. Repairability is a priority for me.
Stellaris is discontinued apparently. It says "No longer available"
Repairability and modern laptops don't exist. The last laptop I had with easy repairability was a 1999 PowerBook Lombard... when apple cared about the longevity of its users. Go for a desktop build. When one part fails, you won't be left stranded.
@@keilmillerjr9701there are frameworks, those are like ACTUALLY repairable
@@jan-lukas It seems like an awesome idea! I like the idea of the modules. Thanks for sharing!
i've been using Fedora for a close to a year now, originally with Gnome but i switched to KDE a couple months ago, I didn't think about making different power profiles depending on my use case at the moment but I might do that now at least when i'm just browsing the web and watching youtube. I'm a software dev with a big thing for image analysis and AI stuff so limiting the CPU while i work would be quite dumb lol. I wish tuxedo used a lower wattage 40 series card in the 14 inches version tho as they're very efficient. Like in the Asus Flow X13 there is a 60w 4070 which performs on par with a full wattage 4060. I'm definitely switching to a Tuxedo 14" next laptop tho as I'm not really doing anything very windows specific apart maybe from some light game making and some games that wouldn't run on windows, but nothing a quick dual boot wouldn't fix
Great video Nick. It gave me some ideas for my own setup. Thank you!
Also, to clarify things. You moved from Gnome to KDE because you wanted a one device setup. That one device is a Tuxedo and it is best to run Tuxedo OS and it is easier to run KDE on it instead of Gnome since it is native, larger support etc. Did I get that right?
I have 2-19in displays. I put my task bars vertical, one on left side of the left screen, the other on the right side of the right screen. There is a menu icon, clock, file manager and desktop switcher on both task bars and some other icons on each which are not duplicated. This has worked well in both KDE and XFCE. XFCE desktop switcher has some issues when the task bar is vertical instead of horizontal.
What a great PC! Now I'm looking forward to a KDE review 😀
Congrats on your new hardware!
& KDE ftw.
I wish Tuxedo all the best.
Thank you for your in-depth review.
Honestly... That's a really, really beautiful setup. Great job 👍👏
Thanks!
I used to like GNOME but when I used a lot of extensions that never worked after I updated. I tried KDE Plasma but it didn't have any way to autotile (Bismuth is unmaintened, so no). I then decided to move to Hyprland WM, it is a wassle to setup but once its done it is perfect for my use.
Nick, why don't you make a video about Window Manager for begginers?
for me, they don't work with my nvidia graphics
@@AyushGupta-wn6zd only hyperland works terrible with nvidia because it uses wayland almost every other window manager uses xorg which works great with nvidia
Have you tried Polonium for KDE? If you're happy on Hyprland, that's good, but Polonium is the spiritual successor to Bismuth.
Yeah thats really needed, I still never got them 😅
Does it make sense to install Tuxedo OS on other hardware? Do you get the same cool extras like the control panel and power profiles?
From your videos I was convinced to give a second look to Tuxedo laptops. Now I am convinced I will be buying the next generation of the InfinityBook and I am really excited! 🥳
Honestly why isn't the tuxedo control center a universal app available to all linux users? I still don't understand linux developers obsession with doing everything through the terminal and config files.
Not sure! It would be nice if it was integrated directly into the desktop
Try using Meta + J K or L to navigate to each of the 3 activities for switching activity. It's instant and very pleasant. Use more keys if needed.
Kdenlive can do 1440p60 just fine once I enabled multithreaded previewing/playback for editing. And this is on a 5900HX.
I know tuxedo provided the laptop but did you give framework any thought? I’m curious why you would choose a tuxedo over framework. Also I wish you luck with kde and external gpu setup. I had a lot of issues that aren’t fixed until 6 and that’s with an amd graphics card.
Probably a geographical issue. This guy is from France and Framework is an US company, so shipping and tariffs are a possible issue.
Wayland considers window positioning and display/monitor dimensions priviledged properties and while there is a protocol to allow access to them, they still have not merged it for no obvious reason. So KDE cannot use its classic remembering positions and sizes. This is a massive problem for example in scientific apps with multiple windows that currently CANNOT be used in wayland thanks to that. Sticl to X11 until wayland is a real desktop display protocol in my opinion
Didn't it got merged a few days ago?
Yeah, we all watched that Brodie video
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19:57 "but also... look at this thing": Yes, I recommend microfibre cloth to clean it up - one slightly wet and finish with dry one
Hahah yeah, it’s seen some use 😂
Thanks for file picker for Firefox. Is there a similar one for Gimp?
Honestly I've come to realise that Garuda Dragonised is the only version of KDE that I like and even then there's some usual KDE+Arch base quirks like locales being a pain in the ass
I'd distrohop to either that or Pop OS if I weren't in the middle of a software engineering class
I'm a sucker for kde
I wonder if it used AMD CPU with integrated GPU and AMD dedicated GPU it would work more easily between the two. Though you won’t have Thunderbolt in such system.
I am impressed you can have so much battery life and good performance while on battery.
While Thunderbolt might not be on those systems, there could be USB4, which is basically Thunderbolt 3 without the Intel royalties.
@@cameronbosch1213 Thunderbolt 3 specifications has been given to USB as part of the USB 4 specifications but to be USB 4 you don't have to have all Thunderbolt 3 features.
But it is true that they could choose to use all the features of USB 4 in an all AMD system (or at least be compatible with Thunderbolt 3).
I forgot if it was Thunderbolt 3 for this laptop or if it was Thunderbolt 4.
Hey, can you make a tutorial about your KDE configuration?
I am trying to test some other DEs than GNOME.
I get it, you are French, but I am surprised you don't have a home lab setup. You should get your Jeff on (Geerling or the other Craft Computing one) and have a dedicated server with either nextcloud or a NAS and hypervisor and remote into it with your laptop. That way you can be the best French man you can be and still have full access to your files and processing power to render videos.
Great video, Nick. Really nice setup from Tuxedo. You can buy a USB-C adapter (e.g. "L" to straight) to use the Steamdeck dock in a better position (il faut chercher "USB C à angle droit 90 degrés"... c'est moins de 5 euros).
Nice setup! I like the idea of a laptop that can handle 4k video editing as well as everything else. I’m not much of a gamer but I like video editing and being able to run Python scripts quickly.
I have no plans for an ultrawide monitor, but using KDE showed me how useful the bar can be on the bottom when configured correctly. The Windows taskbar just shoving everything in the corners is dismal in comparison. 😅 Never even mind the much better tray indicators...
That poor Steam dock! 😜
There is new firmware out for the dock, enables VRR so maybe changes other stuff as well regarding outputs, your can try it. I think it's still only included in Deck's preview build though, you'd have to switch from stable.
OMG THANK YOU so much for that file picker tweak in Firefox! It will make my life so much better, inconsistent file picker annoy the hell out of me! Now to find out if i can force this system-wide... 😀
Love Gnome & KDE
They’re both awesome!
Not sure if you have one already.. but it would be a good video to show people how you backup and migrate your setups.
How did you map the thumb button of your mouse to open the overview it doesn't let me do this in KDE settings, I also can't set the super key to open Krunner
I love kde, not a fan of gnome. I really like cinnamon, and experimenting with fluxbox. Flux is pretty cool. I know it's a wm, but i kind of forget when using it. Excited for cosmic.
Its really tempting to buy my next laptop as a Linux default for proper support, but sadly i cannot find one with a touchscreen and 360° screen rotation, which is something i do not want to leave behind. (And still crying for not being able to try the dualscreen Yoga as its barely usable with Linux based on net)
Check Asus Flow X16
I've been running Ubuntu on a 2017 HP Spectre x360 15" for a few years now and it works well. Not sure about the Linux compat on the newer ones.
This is making me want to upgrade as my System76 Pangolin is starting to show its age. Also ... when do we learn more about your cat, featured at 3:16? We want cat photos Nick!
If only Kdenlive was better, I think we could finally dump Resolve!
And I'm so stoked for KDE Plasma 6!
Yeah I hope they manage to add GOU acceleration everywhere soon!
@@TheLinuxEXPGPU*
Resolve is a gigantic video production software.
Kdenlive will never reach/succeed it.
It doesn't have to though.
That's not the point of Kdenlive.
@@FutureChaosTV I'm not saying that was the point. I just want GPU hardware acceleration in both exports and the timeline. Why does no FOSS option on Linux have that!?
I really wish they would implement inteli-hide for plasma panels.
I think it’s planned for Plasma 6
@@TheLinuxEXP That's awesome!
Tuxedo Laptops btw use a "whitelabel" kit. You can get the same laptops, windows based, by XMG and other brands. At least thats true for their water-coolable laptops. And those are really hard to beat.
Correct. They use Tongfang or Clevo rebrands.
@@cameronbosch1213 yea the name wouldnt come to mind when I wrote that comment. But again, theres a need to point out that this isnt bad but the exact opposite - those laptops are built great and easy to service.
I used Ubuntu MATE LTS for around 8 months and recently switched to Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster. But I installed KDE and currently using it as the default desktop environment. I like it better than gnome. My experience with mx linux xfce was below average and ubuntu mate was also not properly working on my laptop, there were constant errors and unexpected showdowns during my time using it. Ubuntu gnome and KDE are fully compatible with my laptop.
Just moved to Gnome actually, after using Cinnamon for years.
I'm liking the simplicity.
Tried KDE and Plasma a few times, but never really liked it.
Will try it again of course, tinkering is a lifestyle.
Thanks for the Firefox file picker tip!
It looks like a great device. I am considering a switch from Mac (MacBook Pro 16) to Linux and one of the things that puts me off is how the trackpad works, its sensitivity, utility and general feel. Apple does a great job of this - you mentioned this laptop has one of the best trackpads you've used - how does it feel day to day for scrolling, drag and click and palm rejection?
I’m in the same boat, though I really want to ditch the trackpad entirely due to RSI.
How do you use wayland when you do a lot of video-related tasks? In my experience Wayland crashed when i tried to have a meeting with teams for example
I really like the simplicity of Gnome but actually Gnomes applications menu laggs after i reopened it for a couple of minute. CPU usage was at 4% and RAM at 10 - 20%.
It happens under Fedora, Nobara, Arch, Garuda and Endavour. With arch based distros i also allowed triple buffering and tried the mutter-performance arch repo.
So i decided to give kde a try and customize kde for a more minimalistic look :).
you can now move your panel to the top and window decorations to the left. makes no sense to move the mouse so much.
One Rig to rule them all,
One Rig to find them,
One Rig to bring them all,
And in the Linux bind them.
What distro and DE were you using on your old laptop? I really like the look of it too.
Eait nvm, I saw it in the video. Fedora workstation plus gnome 43
What is the server status widget that you are using to track if your NextCloud instance is working?
Je suis fier de voir un français faire un contenu en anglais du début à la fin. Moreover, i like your content :)
Awesome video, and great laptop. Great job to you and Tuxedo.
I know you switched from it, but would you recommend switching to Fedora ?
PS : Are you from France ? I’ve had some doubt for a long time since I’m french as well, but seeing Brest’s weather awoke those doubts.
Been bingeing yours and other people's videos in perpetrating for buying a Linux laptop. You kinda had me sold on GNOME for a bit, and I was planning to go with fedora for my first Linux machine in a very long time(my precious stint with Linux was using mint maybe 5 years ago).
Given the recent red hat controversies and this switch to tuxedo os, I'm curious if you'd now recommend against fedora for a Linux noob. I don't really wanna go back to mint, this time, since I kinda want to just dive into something that definitely isn't windows and learn an entirely new workflow.
Btw, thanks for being the least elitist, high quality Linux content creator I've come across, so far.
Really nice setup and configuration. I also really like the theme you are using.
I'd love to see a comparison between the InfinityBook Pro 16 Gen8, and the new InfinityBook Pro 15 Gen9 :)
KDE my beloved 💙
Hello, nick! Nice video, thanks. Please tell us more about the touch panel. It looks huge. Is it possible to press on it anywhere (like on a macbook)? I mean hardware click.
Regarding the sync issue, syncthing my friend 😁
Thanks for the video, Nick. What about fan noise in hybrid mode?
Merci pour ce rapide coup d'œil à vos orteils.
Could you do a video on installing Davinci Resolve on a tuxedo OS computer? I run the OS on a Thinkpad with an Nvidia processor, so maybe it's possible?
The problem with my System 76 adder laptop WS is that it generates so much heat that my AC can barely keep up and makes me sweat a bit while its on. I would not have known that from from the reviews, which i notice, don't really talk about heat output on laptops anymore.
Hey Nik, any chance you'll get the 14 inch one too?
I'm thinking about buying one so I'd really appreciate some first hand experience and opinion :)
Was there not a NAS/home server involved in the old setup? I once had Owncloud running on that and tweaked on such a way to onyl sync certain folders to the cloud while the rest would just be kept locally to be available to my home network. That would solve the need for copy-pasting between end points.
Edit: Also, I would feel kind of at-risk having just the one pc available, with no fallback when it breaks. Surely your'e keeping at least one of your previous boxes around for backup?
hey nick, does it make sense to use another distro than tuxedo on a tuxedo laptop? do you get the same advantages?
Tuxedo are the Linux king... But I am still waiting for any laptop 14 or 15 inch with ryzen 5 7640u or ryzen 7 7840u.... they have launched 7840hs with dedicated graphics card which I dont want and dont want to spend that much money for what I dont need
Nice video, quick question, what are you going to do with the old material? maybe you can consider donating them if you don't know what to do with them.
Gnome works for me, and KDE works for you. That's the greatness of Linux! Cromulentness even!
I wish I could have a proper Linux computer for work, but nooo...
Hmm, not sure about that headphone thing.
Recently worked at a HiFi shop.
Had lots of interesting issues in general with ARC and EARC.
Also on KDE (CachyOS) at home.
I just run a USB DAC at home for my 2-channel audio.
HDMI can be a ****.