{
  "id": 192642,
  "title": "Proxmox officially supports Arm, with some caveats",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/proxmox-officially-supports-arm-with-some-caveats",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-05T19:54:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Lobsters",
    "slug": "lobsters",
    "url": "https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/proxmox-ve-arm-official/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Proxmox has announced that their Virtual Environment is now compatible with 64-bit ARM processors. I tested this on an Ampere Altra Dev Platform, the same machine where I previously booted Windows on Arm and experimented with various GPUs, including testing Houdini's native arm64 support. Installing Proxmox on the Ampere Altra was straightforward, as it supports UEFI/ACPI hardware, unlike Raspberry Pis and most single-board computers that use a Device Tree setup. I encountered a minor issue installing Ubuntu 24.04.1 from an arm64 minimal server live CD within the VM and opened a related issue on the Proxmox forums.\n\nProxmox's official support currently focuses on NVIDIA Grace Hopper and Vera server platforms. However, they offer best-effort support on other UEFI-enabled ARMv9-A or newer hardware, which generally works for ARMv8-A as well. Hosts must boot through UEFI and describe hardware using ACPI.\n\nDevice-tree-only single-board computers, such as Raspberry Pis, are not officially supported. However, there are projects that enable UEFI support on Raspberry Pi 5, as well as other popular single-board computers like the Rockchip RK3588. Update: A Mastodon user successfully ran the forked Raspberry Pi 5 UEFI project on a Pi 4, while another YouTube user got it working on a Pi 5 manually installing software on top of Pi OS 13 (Trixie) and disabling NetworkManager and cloud-init.\n\nOther main Armv9 platforms tested include Apple's M-series computers (some older models might work with Asahi Linux) and systems based on the Cix P1 SoC in the Radxa Orion O6, Minisforum MS-R1, and Framework AI PC Mainboard. The video below showcases the entire installation and initial experience on my Ampere Altra Developer Platform. I am eager to hear about your experiences with Proxmox on other arm64 systems in the comments below.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "XDA Developers",
        "title": "Proxmox releases full support for the Arm64 architecture, with a few key caveats",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/proxmox-releases-full-support-for-the-arm64-architecture-with-a-few",
        "published": "2026-08-05T16:05:56.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}