- Make sure VT-D and VT-x is enabled in BIOS as well as having Secure Boot disabled.
- Proxmox GUI is by default available on port 8006
- To avoid having the laptop go to sleepmode when closing the lid, you need to change the following file : /etc/systemd/logind.conf
Uncomment the following lines
#HandleLidSwitch=suspend replace with
HandleLidSwitch=ignore
#HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=suspend replace with HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=ignore
#HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore replace with
HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore
systemctl restart systemd-logind.service
- Install a GUI for the laptop using console : apt install xfce4 chromium lightdm sudo -y
add a new user : adduser <%username%>
add user to sudogroup : usermod -aG sudo <%username%>
reboot to make it functional
- Change Repositories to Community Edition
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list
From: deb https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm enterprise
To: deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm pve-no-subscription
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ceph.list
From: deb https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-quincy bookworm enterprise
To: deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-quincy bookworm no-subscription
- Remove Nag screen Subscription:
sed -Ezi.bak “s/(Ext.Msg.show({\s+title: gettext(‘No valid sub)/void({ \/\/\1/g” /usr/share/javascript/proxmox-widget-toolkit/proxmoxlib.js && systemctl restart pveproxy.service
- Install Dark theme for not burning in eyes…
bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Weilbyte/PVEDiscordDark/master/PVEDiscordDark.sh ) install