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I have to admit that Proxmox(PX) simplifies your life ! 😎  So why this confession ? Well, I started up in the  Virtual Machines(VM) world with Linux KVM/QEMU and despite the  Virtual Machine Manager GUI the PX GUI helps you a lot. Not to forget the built in administration of Linux containers, LXC. So this post will be a quick introduction to Home Assistant(HA) setup in PX and a quick tour for containers.

When migrating a Proxmox(PX) install from a standard Intel server to a Mac Mini(MC) i got some problem. The MC booted from the USB, using the PX ISO file , but it froze direct after I had selected the installation method. So after searching the net it ended up with first installing Debian 13, which worked very well, and after that adding the PX software. Please note !!! that if you have a Mac with the T2 security chip , like the Mac mini 2018, you can’t boot, by default, from en external or removable media without changing security. Another thing is a utostart after power failure which is descibed in this post .

Updated 2026-06-30 I found this amazing application,   AIS-catcher , just scrolling around on Youtube and  it includes "all" you need for an AIS receiver staying ashore or installed on a boat. It is compatible with a wide range of Software Defined Radios (SDRs). These include RTL-SDR dongles (such as the ShipXplorer AIS dongle and RTL SDR Blog v4), AirSpy (Mini/R2/HF+), HackRF, SDRPlay, SoapySDR, and file/network input (ZMQ/RTL-TCP/SpyServer). 

I have been looking for e remote control to our 41 foot boat for years but they have been a little to expensive. I have even tried to build one myself but the Volvo Penta engines buzzer was very active 😎 and the instruments indicated errors.  So when I found the Maritronix remote (MXR) I was pleasantly surprised. (From 2 500 € net) We have 2 Volvo Penta(VP) engines D6-310 from 2006 and both a bow and stern truster,  Side power SP125Ti, and an anchorwinch which all are conected to MXR. All the different supported engine controls are  listed here .

Updated 2026-06-15 It's always nice to have ALL information at the same place, navigator/plotter, when You are out with the boat.  What could be missing is the engine information/data. If You have a Volvo Penta from 2006 or later it could be pretty easy. There are some "standard" NMEA 2000 gateways to choose from, for example;  Volvo Penta has it's own 22813366, 3889758 Raymarine ECI-100 Maretron J2K100 ..... Since you found this post, check this out => Remote Yacht control  

My old AirPort Time Capsule will not work with the new version of Mac OS 27 and since I really would like to have a local backup, besides iCloud, the tinkering started. It ended up with a Linux solution and an external USB disk, 2 Tb. In this post will show "how to" create a target for the Time Machine(TM) backup with a standard Linux host or with a Linux container in Proxmox.

Updated 2026-05-03 ! I have got some questions installing, just,  Signal K (SK) so will do a summary with links. Signal K is the hub to receive data, from different devices in different data formats, and send it on to different equipment, or databases, in different formats. Most common for standard marine equipment are the old NMEA 0183 and the newer NMEA 2000 protocol which is also handled.  Besides the SK "hub" function developers  have  created  plugins  for different purposes. This is due to that  SK is open-source ! Sharing is caring ! In this post you can check the devices I'm using connected to the SK server and also my setup.

I have been very fond of our weather website with the  Weather34 application (W34),  but there is an end to everything..... Doing an upgrade of the server it collapsed and showed a blank screen. I'm no programmer but I had to test if it was possible to update the app using ChatGPT and Gemini. Burt several hours later I gave up !!

I have been very fond of our weather website with the Weather34 application (W34), but there is an end to everything..... Doing an upgrade of the server it collapsed and showed a blank screen. I'm no programmer but I had to test if it was possible to update the app using ChatGPT and Gemini. Burt several hours later I gave up !!