Install and Run Proxmox on Laptop Hardware

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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0713.html

What is Proxmox VE? Proxmox VE is a complete, open-source server management platform for enterprise virtualization. It tightly integrates the KVM hypervisor and Linux Containers (LXC), software-defined storage and networking functionality, on a single platform. With the integrated web-based user interface you can manage VMs and containers, high availability for clusters, or the integrated disaster recovery tools with ease. - https://www.proxmox.com/en/proxmox-ve   The Hardware The laptop I used in this video is an Asus G74Sx. It sports a 4 core/8 thread i7-2670QM @ 2.20 GHz, 16GB of DDR3 RAM, a Nvidia GeForce GTX 560M with 2GB of vRAM and a Kingston 120GB SSD.   Things You Will Need    - A USB flash drive, at least 8 GB  https://amzn.to/3wkR5ju |  https://amzn.to/3qkrJ1p |  https://amzn.to/3Nhu9b9   Preparing the Installation Media    01. Download the Proxmox VE .iso file  https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads    02. Download the Ventoy installer  https://www.ventoy.net/en/download.html    03. Extract the downloaded .zip file    04. Run Ventoy2Disk.exe    05. Plug in a USB flash drive at least 4 GB in size    06. Click the refresh icon    07. Select the flash drive from the device dropdown    08. Click the Install button    09. After the installation completes, copy the downloaded Proxmox VE .iso to the Ventoy partition    10. Safely remove the USB flash drive    11. Plug the flash drive into the target laptop and power it on    12. Boot to the flash drive    13. Select the Proxmox VE .iso from the Ventoy menu   Installation and Setup    01. Select Install Proxmox VE and press Enter    02. Click the I agree button to accept the EULA    03. Select the appropriate Target Harddisk from the dropdown ≫ Click Next    04. Set the Country, Time zone and Keyboard Layout ≫ Click Next    05. Enter a password and confirm, Enter an email address ≫ Click Next    06. Give the Proxmox device a hostname, confirm the network settings ≫ Click Next    07. Click the Install button    08. Wait for Proxmox to be installed and configured    09. After the installation succeeds, take note of the IP address and port    10. Click the Reboot button   Installing a Desktop Environment    01. Log back into Proxmox    02. Run the following commands          # update software repositories          apt update          # install available software updates          apt dist-upgrade -y          # install xfce desktop environment          apt install xfce4 chromium lightdm sudo -y        ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NghHFMUO9Pg