[Known-Good Hardware Master List] Hardware Capable of Running embassyOS v0.3.3+

[start9dave]

If you are successfully running embassyOS on non-standard (Librem Mini / Raspberry Pi), please reply here to let us know and we’ll add it to this list so others know what options they have. Cheers!

Note: If your device is very close to one listed below, it is likely to work

Caution: Unplug Wi-Fi dongles as they are known to potentially cause issues. Always use ethernet when possible. Also, consider unplugging everything except power, monitor, keyboard, and mouse when setting up.

Virtualization

VirtManager
VirtualBox
SynologyNAS Virtual Machine Manager
Proxmox

ARM Architecture

Raspberry Pi 4b (Official Support)

x86_64 Architecture

Librem Mini (Official Support) (Open Firmware / IME Mitigation)
Alienware Alpha R2
ASRock custom setup w/ i5 and M1505 Megaraid 9260 8i RAID controller
Dell 3540
Dell Inspiron:

• i7559-5012GRY
• Micro 3050

Dell Latitude E6420
Dell Optiplex 3050
Gigabyte GB-XM1-3537
HP ProDesk 600 G2 Mini PC (Need latest BIOS N22_0259)
HP EliteDesk:

• 800 G1 DM
• 800 G2 DM

Intel NUC10
Lenovo x270
Lenovo Thinkcentre
Lenovo Thinkcentre Tiny
Lenovo Thinkpad:

• T470
• T550

Mac Mini:

• (A1283, early 2009) - Video
• Mac Mini (A1347, late 2012)

Macbook Pro (2015) - mini port → ethernet adapter required, no wifi
Morefine M6 mini PC - Must add the following kernel parameter I915.force_probe=4e61
NDiS B533 NDiS B533 - 1080P Signage Player - Overview - NEXCOM

Known Limitations

WiFi - On x86, eOS uses PureOS as a base image, which does not contain ANY proprietary firmware blobs. This is different from popular distros, such as Ubuntu, which add non-free software in order to make common hardware function properly. As a result, many WiFi cards are unlikely to work. See this issue for tracking on a possible solution: [feat] Add ability to add non-free software (namely for DIY wi-fi) · Issue #2078 · Start9Labs/embassy-os · GitHub

Intel NUC11 - requires EFI boot

[k0gen]

I have successfully installed embassyOS 0.3.3 on old Mac mini (A1283).

Here is the video log from the installation process.

Installing embassyOS 0.3.3 on old Intel Mac mini

[RKRKRK]

Installed 0.3.3 on a Lenovo Thinkcentre Tiny.

M910q / 8MB RAM / I5-7500T / Crucial
SATA SSD 1 TB, Slot for Nvme empty

Hardware cost 189€, upgrade Kit 2x16GB RAM additional 75€ ( all items refutbished )

[start9dave]

Added, thank you for the report!

[avenue647]

Successful install of 0.3.3 on System76 Thelio via Proxmox.
Allocated 4 cores + 8gb ram on 1tb nvme.

[vincesat]

I got embassyOS v0.3.3 to work on x86 Architecture : HP ProDesk 600 G2 Desktop Mini PC (8GB RAM / 500GB SDD – I’ll upgrade later when I get a chance to get a larger drive). Need to make sure machine is running latest BIOS N22_0259.

[Raenstorm]

I’m running a Docker Swarm on 4 Pi’s and wondering if anyone has tried building a docker container with Start9 OS? Would love to spin one up to check it out.

[start9dave]

@Raenstorm

I’m running a Docker Swarm on 4 Pi’s and wondering if anyone has tried building a docker container with Start9 OS? Would love to spin one up to check it out.

Please give it a try and let us know

[dre]

I’ve got things running fine on a Late 2012 Mac mini (6,1 A1347) that I upgraded 16GB RAM and a 2GB SSD. Everything works fine save for Wifi

[Tuvok]

Running on Asrock mainboard, CPU i5-5600k @3,5GHz quadcore, 2x8Gb ram, raid controller M1505 megaraid 9260 8i with 3x2TB ssd as raid 5! (controller flashed with newest firmware) which leaves me 3,63TB storage! eOS is on an extra ssd with 128GB.

I tried software raid with intel rapid storage first. But this didnt work although linux detected the raid setup but eOS only detected the single ssd`s. eOS didnt detect the raid drive which was in dev/mapper/…
Maybe its somehow possible.
After i faild with this i bought a cheap raid controller. If you want you can buy raid controllers which are 500 bucks, but i only paid 50 bucks for the M1505 9260 8i (but IBM version) the LSI version should be faster during boot but i didnt compare.
I flashed the controller to the newest firmware, this took some time to figure out but if you know how it works its quite simple. Configuration of a raid 5 was also very simple with some youtube input.
Raid 5 needs at least 3 ssd. It is nut a backup setup but its a redundancy setup which lets you fail one ssd. When you insert a new ssd (for the failed one) the system can recover.

Then i installed eOS on a separet drive with only 128 GB.

[start9dave]

Really cool setup - would love to hear details on your RAID setup (hardware/software) and any hurdles along the way. I’m sure many folks would love to increase their storage and add redundancy

[HellStew]

2015 Macbook pro. I had to add a mini port → ethernet adapter to get through setup.
Under wifi it says "RPC ERROR WiFi Internal Error: No WiFi interface available.
Other than that, works like a champ!

[smcmurdo]

Installed 0.3.3 on a Lenovo Thinkcentre 710q tiny. Ethernet needed to be connected without wireless dongle attached. 512 gb SSD and 16gb of RAM. Will be backing up to 1 tb external storage over LAN as recommended.

[KJM]

Successful install of embassyOS 0.3.3 on and old laptop I had laying around.
Has been running without issue.

Dell Inspiron i7559-5012GRY
Intel Quad Core i7-6700HQ, 16 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD

Only annoyance experienced was microscopic text on the laptop display.

[start9dave]

@KJM

Dell Inspiron i7559-5012GRY

When you say microscopic text - is this just inherent to your laptop, or is the text within Embassy’s UI specifically a problem? If so, maybe give us some screenshots and we can see if adjustments can be made. We make it a point to have mobile support, but we are considering breaking out mobile, small res, and high res display modes.

[KJM]

Dave,

It is not inherent to the laptop. I have installed other operating systems on this laptop and this is the first time I am experiencing this.

I do apologize for the quality of the pictures.

Here is a link to an album with additional photos.

[start9dave]

That’s quite odd - I’ll pass this on to the front end team to see if anything can be done. Are you zoomed way out by any chance? A temporary solution would be to zoom the window by holding the ctrl key and tapping the + key. You can also access from another device of course

Can you let me know the default resolution of this screen?

[cguida]

I have a Lenovo ThinkCentre M93p Tiny I bought from ebay (https://www.ebay.com/itm/293526962748). Works great, except sometimes Tor misbehaves.

• Intel(R) Core™ i5-4570T CPU @ 2.90GHz
• 16GB RAM
• 1TB Techleaf SSD

Synced bitcoind including txindex and bfindex in 19 hours.

[schilling]

Embassy OS 0.3.3 working fine on Lenovo Thinkpad T470