I'm surprised that Start9 caused you problems. It installed seamlessly on my Nuc.
You'll definitely learn more with this approach though.
If you haven't found these tutorials, I highly recommend them:
I've released the Ministry of Nodes Bitcoin Nodebox video tutorial series for 2024.
The playlist can be found here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCRbH-IWlcW0g0HCrtI06_ZdVVolUWr39
If you'd like to purchase a prebuilt node, they are available at shop.ministryofnodes.com
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It’s a brand new MSI Cubi NUC 1M. I suspect it may just be too new as it looks like the graphics may not be supported in the current installer. I had already been considering whether to build it manually anyway but wanted to have a look at StartOS.
I’ll definitely check out those videos. I’ve been roughly basing the install so far on the RaspiBolt guides and changing to x86_64 instead of arm since I’m using a NUC instead of Raspberry Pi.