Check out the latest batch of Intel-based N100 Mini PCs. They’re smaller than
MacMinis.
I’d say a minimal configuration would be 32GB of RAM and 1TB (or 2TB) of SSD.
I’d say an N100 is minimal CPU.
Some with AMD CPUs are cheaper as well.
Here’s a search on Amazon:
https://amzn.to/3woboP0
proxmox 8 has all network connections routed thu the proxmox firewall
proxmox upgrades add the firewall to each vm
you can disable that by checking the network setup on each VM and uncheck
the firewall
I have working ubuntu desktops and servers 18.04-24.04 running on proxmox
8.1-4
also uefi and tpm
Which Linux distro?
Personally, 16G RAM is minimal for any 'normal' distribution.
And Dual or Quad core is actually helpful, though not nearly as much as RAM.
Don't put your swap on the SSD. Put it on a rotator (rotating drive).
You don't want to risk wearing out the flash on the SSD. And us
Hi,
To take Proxmox out of the equation I installed Ubuntu 22.04lts on an
old laptop. Installed fine. The problem must be that something went
wrong when upgrading from Proxmox version 7 to 8.
When I setup Proxmox over a year ago I configured 2 Ubuntu VMs. Those
VM are able to access the r