NixOS on a Tuxedo InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen9 AMD Laptop
9 months ago
- #Linux
- #NixOS
- #TUXEDO
- TUXEDO Computers is a German laptop manufacturer specializing in Linux-compatible hardware.
- The author chose a TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen9 AMD model due to Framework laptop stock issues.
- NixOS setup on the TUXEDO laptop required custom configurations for drivers and kernel parameters.
- Key changes included enabling Motorcomm YT6801 LAN drivers and specific kernel parameters to fix wake-up issues.
- The TUXEDO Control Center was preferred over tuxedo-rs for power management due to additional features.
- Power management conflicts between TUXEDO Control Center and KDE Plasma's PowerDevil were resolved by disabling power-profiles-daemon.
- Remaining issues include ACPI BIOS warnings and loud fan spin-up on wake.
- The author considers switching to Debian stable for better mainstream support while retaining Nix for user-level packages.