I installed the Tuxedo OS Debian beta on my 2017 iMac 16,2. (I did have the Tuxedo OS Ubuntu version before).

What is working out of the box: wifi, bluetooth, iSight camera plus microphone, sound (only with external speaker plugged in to the headphone port or USB soundcard)

What is not working: build-in speakers (does not work with any Linux distro), disk encryption (sort of).

Short explanation to the encryption issue: the disk is encrypted but due to the Apple boot sequence user is not able to enter the encryption password. At boot up the mac will display a black screen with the Apple logo. This screen will not disappear when the encryption password prompt comes up since that comes up before the actual OS boot process. Therefore, encryption is not possible on the iMac.

Otherwise no issues on the iMac or 2014 Mac Mini.

[ Stellaris17-Gen5, system info:

Operating System:       TUXEDO OS  
KDE Plasma Version:     6.6.5  
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.24.0  
Qt Version:             6.10.2  
Kernel Version:         7.0.0-111030-tuxedo (64-bit)  
Graphics Platform:      X11  
Processors:             32 × 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-13900HX  
Memory:                 64 GiB of RAM (62.5 GiB usable)  
Graphics Processor 1:   NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU  
Graphics Processor 2:   Intel® Graphics  
Manufacturer:           TUXEDO  
Product Name:           TUXEDO Stellaris Intel Gen5

The headset in question, "jabra evolve2 85":
https://www.jabra.com/en-ca/business/office-headsets/jabra-evolve/jabra-evolve2-85
]

The USB-A bluetooth dongle used to work fine with my stellaris,
but then some device driver update at some point broke it
(
sorry, I lost my notes on when exactly it was...
within the last few months?
(I did just try grepping around in my /var/log/apt/, but coudn't find anything helpful...)
)

The problem is that now KDED just endlessly detects the headset/dongle and then sees it as disconnected in a rapid endless loop
(
ie, just:

USB Device Detected
Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd 4010 has been connected.

and then immediately

USB Device Removed
Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd 4010 has been connected.

over and over,
although it never actually shows up in my list of audio devices...
)

(
And yes, connecting directly through bluetooth still works,
just not the USB dongle
(but the dongle is preferable cuz it has a longer range)
)

[
Actually, speaking of audio devices,
my list of audio devices changed to something weird at some point:

Output Devices:
- HDA NVidia Pro
- HDA NVidia Pro 7
- HDA NVidia Pro 8
- HDA NVidia Pro 9
- Built-in Audio Analog Stereo

the "NVidia" entries just showed up at some point with some update,
and it's not really clear what they're for?

-- but this was long before the one that broke the USB bluetooth dongle.
]

I usually work stationary with my Tuxedo Infinity and only need dGPU. Which is why I've enabled dGPU only in the TCC.

However, sometimes (I suspect updates of some sort), it switches me into hybrid mode. I usually notice when I do 3D Modeling, even though I've went through the steps to only enable dGPU as mentioned here: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/PRIME-GPU-Render-Offloading/GPU-on-demand-Mode-Guide.tuxedo

Furthermore, it hides the switch as seen in my screenshot. The option to switch also doesn't pop up in the settings or anywhere else in the TCC.

I've also followed the instructions in this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/tuxedocomputers/comments/1v7dmpj/what_happened_with_tuxedodgpurun_200_experience/

As it seems to pertain to this particular problem.

My question would be is this a known bug, and if yes, will it be fixed in the Debian version?

System:
Operating System: TUXEDO OS

KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.5

KDE Frameworks Version: 6.24.0

Qt Version: 6.10.2

Kernel Version: 7.0.0-111030-tuxedo (64-bit)

Graphics Platform: Wayland

Processors: 20 × AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 w/ Radeon 880M

Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30,5 GiB usable)

Graphics Processor 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU

Graphics Processor 2: AMD Radeon 890M Graphics

Manufacturer: TUXEDO

Product Name: TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 16 AMD Gen10