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Proxmox on laptop

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  • 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