TUXEDO Announces ARM Laptop “Drako” Powered by Snapdragon X Elite
German Linux‑hardware maker TUXEDO unveiled its ARM‑based “Drako” laptop at Computex, featuring a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite 12‑core CPU, 14‑inch 2560×1600 IPS display, 32 GB LPDDR5x RAM and PCIe Gen4 SSD, running the KDE‑Plasma TUXEDO OS ported to ARM, with Qualcomm’s upstream Linux support and collaborations with Lenovo, Arm and Linaro, and the first units slated for delivery by the end of 2024.
TUXEDO Computers, a German Linux hardware vendor, is developing an ARM notebook codenamed “Drako” equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite SoC.
The prototype, shown at Computex in Taiwan, features a 12‑core X Elite processor, a 14‑inch 2560×1600 IPS display (400 nits), aluminum chassis, 32 GB LPDDR5x RAM and a PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD.
“Drako” will run TUXEDO OS, a KDE Plasma‑based distribution built on Ubuntu, which the company is porting to ARM to improve Linux support.
In May 2024 Qualcomm announced upstream Linux kernel support for Snapdragon X Elite, contributing patches for NVMe, audio, PMIC, pinctrl, PCIe/eDP/USB PHY, reference boards and system cache, and plans further CPU/GPU, power, video decode, libcamera, firmware and installer improvements.
Qualcomm also collaborates with Lenovo, Arm and Linaro on the AArch64‑laptops GitHub project to ensure Linux can boot on Snapdragon‑based laptops.
The release date for “Drako” is not fixed yet, but the first units are expected by the end of 2024.
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