Proxmox on aarch64 (arm64)

LnxBil said:
Have you tried to install Linux on your M* Macs? As fas as I've read, it's still not straight forward as if would be with x86_64.
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Yes, it's very doable via Asahi Linux (Debian 12) or Fedora Asahi Remix.

However, what is more interesting right now is to use an option like Parallels or VMware to run the arm64 version, which is what I'm doing via the fork.
 
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But still not as easy as plugging in a prepared USB key, is it? I don't want to mess with my machine by installing it.
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Like I said, tools like Parallels are the current target, especially for using it on newer M4 systems. So yeah, getting Proxmox arm64 non-third-party support is pretty dang important.
 
Heads up: Proxmox Port has been rebranded to PXVirt, and the repository URL has changed.
Updated instructions here: https://docs.pxvirt.lierfang.com/en/installfromdebian.html

The notice on their Github doesn't inspire much confidence in the project's future... https://github.com/jiangcuo/pxvirt
Could the Proxmox team consider adapting PXVirt into mainline Proxmox, at least for the arm64 support?

Personally I use it just as an LXC management GUI since I don't have much processing power on my ARM servers to run VMs. It works very well though.
 
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yeh a bit sickening that proxmox went after someone helping doing the work they could not be bothered doing
 
Hi,
MasterCATZ said:
yeh a bit sickening that proxmox went after someone helping doing the work they could not be bothered doing
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please do not put such accusations into the world without checking. Look what the README actually says:
The project has received some donations, but these donations (please refer to the donation list in SUPPORT.md) are not sufficient to cover our expenses on warehouse servers, compilation servers, and other related costs. Therefore, we will stop the distribution of pveport's deb files and ISO images to free up more space for PXVIRT.
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This was changed 2 weeks ago: https://github.com/jiangcuo/pxvirt/commit/747c6f5b9d1d5fbd25e0906ade3baf362060b850

The change away from the Proxmox trademark was done much earlier: https://github.com/jiangcuo/pxvirt/commit/55fe0b01a18de6ee7f263108b9a201e42f26490c

AFAIK, there was no legal battle or anything inflicting cost on the project from our company. AFAICS, there was just a request a few months ago to respect the trademark and that was followed. I wouldn't be comfortable working here if the company started suing well-meaning community projects.
 
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The new branding is a bit unfortunate. While I was looking at it a coworker walked in on me and asked "How do you pronounce that?" I tried to sound it out and they said "I think it says 'PERVERT'..."...

I was at a loss and just laughed. They said "The X is silent and not pronouncible so my mind says 'pervert' or 'p`virt', which is a very unfortunate and ill chosen name for such a project"...

PLEASE - we IMPLORE YOU - reconsider integration into mainline guys.
 
I just bought an orange pi 5 plus 32gb. For a fun project with Proxmox on arm.

How the heck are you guys not supporting or at least encouraging arm compatibility?

Spread like a virus to all the architectures. Let new folks setup labs on cheap raspberry pi's.
It'd make for great school projects even, to get the new generation of IT people working with your products.
 
kaffien said:
Let new folks setup labs on cheap raspberry pi's
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That's all there is for Proxmox here ... homelabs .... no income to gain so not worth it commercially. I'd also love it but there is not enough special software for aarch64 that no other architecture has - besides the Mac eco system. It's still a niche market. Powerful aarch64 hardware is not cheaper than x86-64, so only one disadvantage after another.
 
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