Holochain turnkey for Windows 10 (Add Computing Horsepower without technical knowledge)

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#1

Hi folks,
I am an old decrepit Windows Sys Admin with lots of functional systems I would like to put to use to grow the HOT ecosystem. I have looked around but have not found anything I could install on windows systems to add value. I can’t Linux or Mac attack… so I want you to point me to an app that I can install on a windows system to help out. I have alot of older Win Sys Admin friends that would be happy to help if we could make it easy for them too.

Thanks, everyone in advance for your help!!

#2

Hi @tnaa97, so I don’t have windows installed and right now holochain RSM is only officially supported on Linux, although I know a few people have made it work with WSL (@ddd-mtl).

If you are looking for something to play with, you could try out the compository which works out of the box if you have docker installed.

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#3

Hi,
Could you please point me to the download for the HoloPort Operating System?
I see I could buy a HoloPort but did not find the OS download.
Thanks in advance!

#4

Well, the best I could do is find the legacy repository pre rsm: https://github.com/Holo-Host/holoportos. I don’t know where the current efforts are being developed, maybe @pauldaoust knows?

Keep in mind that diy holoports is still not supported, the focus is on getting the os running well on focus now.

#5

you can find it at GitHub - Holo-Host/holo-nixpkgs: Modules, packages and profiles that drive Holo, Holochain, and HoloPortOS, and I honestly don’t know how to set it up :sweat_smile: Not sure how much of it is customised to the hardware we’re using (e.g., does it only include the specific drivers we need? don’t know :man_shrugging: )

and yes, what Guillem said – not supported. Here be dragons :dragon:

#6

oh hey, look at this! https://github.com/Holo-Host/holo-nixpkgs#virtualbox An HPOS virtual machine image! I guess we’re building these for development and testing.

#7

I am a Linux noob and am fumbling my way around GitHub, Virtualbox - Linux and think I have NixOS installed but don’t know how to run it.
GItHub is obviously for advanced users and have released I must be a medium level user at best, but I can’t find any guides to learn that are not heavily filled with abbreviations & acronyms to learn from.
I understand that maybe at this early stage that it’s probably best not to have amateurs fumbling around, but also would it not help drive adoption & get more people interested by having a more user-friendly step by step install and set up guide, whether it be windows or a Linux virtual box guide?

Please help, very interested to learn, just need a dumbed down version to learn my basics from.