The only bummer is the requirement of wired Ethernet
Comment on What should I do with 2 old machines (Mac Mini and HP Pavilion g7)?
Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I installed Proxmox on an old MacMini. It works great for things like a qBittorrent or Minecraft server.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I got wireless working in Debian on a 2012 Mac Mini, maybe there’s still hope?
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
With proxmox?
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 9 hours ago
Did I stutter?
nublug@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
any other linux distro can do vms and containers, too. arguably it’s easier to do that than with proxmox.
but yeah, i wanted to check it out so threw it on the drive i pulled from my old broken laptop to check it out and discovered the wifi omission. i even tried to install base debian and ensure wifi was set up first then convert to a proxmox install. sadly, proxmox’s network stack is in conflict with any other linux network libs and actively uninstalled whichever one i had set up during the proxmox install.
i get their reasoning for not supporting wifi after looking it up but imho completely removing it as a possibility is a bit not cool, bro. i wasn’t trying to do any high availability or multiple nodes or anything lile that so it wouldn’t have been an issue for my use case anyway.
rageagainstmachines@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
No idea what Proxmox is but will research!