3 ms·

Good battery, good customizability, but I'm wondering: - Who is actually producing these? Are they resellers? For whom? - They mention TuxedoOS. Why? Can you

Good battery, good customizability, but I'm wondering: - Who is actually producing these? Are they resellers? For whom? - They mention TuxedoOS. Why? Can you have the same experience with a vanilla Debian or Arch? - Customs costs. They may inflate the price quite a lot depending on where you are

GreyStache 4y ago
They use hardware from clevo-computers.com, but they select certain parts. The uefi is not the stock, so I'm assuming they do some tuning. TuxedoOS was very limiting to me; a vanilla Debian works very well.
- trelane 4y ago
  Interesting. I wonder of they also work closely on the firmware like system76 does.
ProAm 4y ago
A lot of these questions you can google. But here you go [1] [G] https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-Support/Frequently-asked-questions/What-is-the-differences-between-TUXEDO-OS-and-Ubuntu/Kubuntu-_1.tuxedo# https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-Support/Freque...
taink 4y ago
Their website provides good enough information I believe: - They only mention production in Germany. Their "Why Tuxedo" page[1] does seem to imply that they are building most of it themselves. - They mention TuxedoOS for the same reason System76 mentions Pop_OS!: because they made it. I would expect it to work with any one of the OS included in their WebFAI[2] pretty well[3], which by the way I believe is actually sent with the laptop. - Their FAQ might shed some light here[4] depending on where you live. It's pretty much the same with any brand I know; maybe you have had a different experience? [1] https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/why-TUXEDO.tuxedo#tuxedo-USPs-germany https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/why-TUXEDO.tuxedo#tuxedo-... [2] https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-WebFAI.tuxedo https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-WebFAI.tuxedo [3] https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-Support/Frequently-asked-questions/Does-another-operating-system-run-on-my-TUXEDO-device-.tuxedo https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-Support/Freque... [4] https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-Support/Frequently-asked-questions/Do-I-have-to-pay-taxes-or-duties-for-my-order-.tuxedo https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-Support/Freque...
- qwytw 4y ago
  > They only mention production in Germany. Their "Why Tuxedo" page[1] does seem to imply that they are building most of it themselves. AFAIK they only sell rebadged Clevo products. You should be able to get any of their laptops on https://clevo-computer.com/en/laptops-configurator/ https://clevo-computer.com/en/laptops-configurator/ just without the badge.
  - taink 4y ago
    I find it misleading that they do not mention it, then. Something like "Our Clevo-based laptops are assembled by us [...]" would suffice. Laptops with Linux[1] does it, why not them? [1] https://laptopwithlinux.com/ https://laptopwithlinux.com/
    - qwytw 4y ago
      But are the assembled by them? I mean they install memory, storage and print the logo but I doubt it's much more than that. IIRC System 76 is the same

GreyStache 4y ago

They use hardware from clevo-computers.com, but they select certain parts. The uefi is not the stock, so I'm assuming they do some tuning. TuxedoOS was very limiting to me; a vanilla Debian works very well.

trelane 4y ago
Interesting. I wonder of they also work closely on the firmware like system76 does.

ProAm 4y ago

A lot of these questions you can google. But here you go [1] [G] https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-Support/Frequently-asked-questions/What-is-the-differences-between-TUXEDO-OS-and-Ubuntu/Kubuntu-_1.tuxedo# https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-Support/Freque...

taink 4y ago

Their website provides good enough information I believe: - They only mention production in Germany. Their "Why Tuxedo" page[1] does seem to imply that they are building most of it themselves. - They mention TuxedoOS for the same reason System76 mentions Pop_OS!: because they made it. I would expect it to work with any one of the OS included in their WebFAI[2] pretty well[3], which by the way I believe is actually sent with the laptop. - Their FAQ might shed some light here[4] depending on where you live. It's pretty much the same with any brand I know; maybe you have had a different experience? [1] https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/why-TUXEDO.tuxedo#tuxedo-USPs-germany https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/why-TUXEDO.tuxedo#tuxedo-... [2] https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-WebFAI.tuxedo https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-WebFAI.tuxedo [3] https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-Support/Frequently-asked-questions/Does-another-operating-system-run-on-my-TUXEDO-device-.tuxedo https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-Support/Freque... [4] https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-Support/Frequently-asked-questions/Do-I-have-to-pay-taxes-or-duties-for-my-order-.tuxedo https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-Support/Freque...

qwytw 4y ago
> They only mention production in Germany. Their "Why Tuxedo" page[1] does seem to imply that they are building most of it themselves. AFAIK they only sell rebadged Clevo products. You should be able to get any of their laptops on https://clevo-computer.com/en/laptops-configurator/ https://clevo-computer.com/en/laptops-configurator/ just without the badge.
- taink 4y ago
  I find it misleading that they do not mention it, then. Something like "Our Clevo-based laptops are assembled by us [...]" would suffice. Laptops with Linux[1] does it, why not them? [1] https://laptopwithlinux.com/ https://laptopwithlinux.com/
  - qwytw 4y ago
    But are the assembled by them? I mean they install memory, storage and print the logo but I doubt it's much more than that. IIRC System 76 is the same