Supported thin clients

Verified + tested hardware for VelaOS Linux. Boot-time numbers are cold boot, power-on to kiosk login screen.

The VelaOS base image runs on any UEFI x86-64-v2 device with ≥ 4 GB RAM and ≥ 32 GB storage. The list below is hardware we've verified end-to-end — image builds, boot times measured, Greenboot checks passing, VDI clients exercised.

Verified vs tested vs in-progress

Verified: boots from stock image + runs the standard CI smoke suite (enrolment, policy push, VDI launch, reboot, greenboot pass). Ships with a dedicated derivative image when kargs tuning is needed.
Tested: boots from stock image; no dedicated derivative yet. Shouldn't need tuning.
In-progress: we're actively validating. Reach out if you're deploying on one — we ship faster with customer signal.

Model	CPU	RAM	Storage	Status	Cold boot	Notes
Dell Wyse 5070 (Pentium Silver)	Gemini Lake	4 / 8 GB	32 / 64 GB eMMC	verified	17 s	Reference platform. Intel PSR must be disabled via karg (added automatically by the wyse5070 derivative).
Dell Wyse 5070 Extended	Gemini Lake	8 GB	64 GB SSD	verified	17 s	Same derivative as the base Wyse 5070.
HP t640	Stoney Ridge	4 / 8 GB	32 / 64 GB	verified	19 s	pcie_aspm=off karg required (known erratum).
HP t740	Ryzen V1756B	8 GB	64 GB SSD	tested	16 s	Stock kargs; NVMe path is faster than t640 eMMC.
Lenovo M75q Gen 2	Ryzen 5 PRO	8 / 16 GB	256 GB NVMe	verified	14 s	Desktop-class mini-PC; popular for dev/test bench.
Intel NUC 11 / 12 Pro	Tiger Lake / Alder Lake	8-32 GB	NVMe	verified	14 s	Stock kargs. Iris Xe handles dual-4K out of the box.
Minisforum UN1265	Core i7-12650H	16 GB	NVMe	tested	13 s	Needs BIOS ≥ 1.08 for Secure Boot with MOK.
Zotac ZBOX PI336	N100	8 GB	128 GB NVMe	tested	15 s	Passive cooling; fine for signage and kiosk.
Raspberry Pi 5	Cortex-A76	4 / 8 GB	microSD / NVMe HAT	in-progress	—	aarch64 track; see Pi 5 page. Not covered by the UEFI x86-64-v2 base image.

Minimum spec floor

CPU: UEFI x86-64-v2 (post-2009 Intel / AMD). Secondary arch: aarch64 — separate image track.
RAM: ≥ 4 GB. 8 GB recommended for VDI + modern browser simultaneously.
Storage: ≥ 32 GB. Firm floor — below this the A/B bootc deployment + /var + /home + reserve doesn't leave room to safely apply updates.
TPM: 2.0 required for the default LUKS unseal flow. TPM-less devices work with a recovery-passphrase-only flow, which is a worse posture.
Secure Boot: must be enableable and user-controllable (MOK enrolment at first flash).
GPU: anything supported by the mainline kernel shipped in AlmaLinux 10 — Intel UHD/Iris, AMD Radeon (Stoney / Vega / RDNA), Nouveau-era NVIDIA. Proprietary NVIDIA lives in the :stable-nvidia derivative.

Asking for new hardware support

File an issue on the vela-build repowith the device's dmidecode -s system-manufacturer + system-product-name, plus a photo of its ports and a link to the vendor spec. If the device is on the Dell / HP / Lenovo thin-client line, expect a fast turnaround — we maintain derivative images for those. Esoteric mini-PCs take longer but usually just need a karg tweak.