[Known-Good Hardware Master List] Hardware Capable of Running StartOS

I have StartOS 0.3.4~4 running on a 2023 MacMini in a Virtual Machine hosted by UTM Version 4.3.5

See: Running StartOS on Mac M1/M2

Hardware:

Model Name: 2023 Mac mini
Model Identifier: Mac14,12
Model Number: Z170000FLLL/A
Chip: Apple M2 Pro
Memory: 32 GB

Services Installed and Running:

  • Bitcoin Core 25.0.0~3
  • electrs 0.10.0
  • Mempool 2.5.0~4
  • Vaultwarden 1.29.0~4

Remote Clients

  • Sparrow Wallet 1.7.8 is working with the electrs server (over Tor) from my Windows and Mac clients.

  • Windows, Mac, and iOS clients are connecting to Vaultwarden with browser plugins, desktop clients, and iOS apps.

Other Details

  • UTM is configured to give the StartOS VM a bridged network connection.
  • The StartOS VM file (.utm) sits on a Thunderbolt 4 connected 2TB NVMe drive.
  • The host MacOS shares an external SSD located folder that StartOS uses as a backup folder.

Thank you Start9 team for making it so easy to host these services.

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