# Campus Station Old

**URL:** <https://discuss.88.io/t/campus-station-old/1685>\
**Category:** physical intel\
**Tags:** campus-asset\
**Created:** [December 29, 2024, 5:17am UTC](https://discuss.88.io/t/campus-station-old/1685 "2024-12-29T05:17:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 5:17am UTC](https://discuss.88.io/t/campus-station-old/1685/1 "2024-12-29T05:17:29Z")

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# Campus Compute Station

Campus Compute Station (also referred to as "Campus Station" or just "CS") provide RELIABLE compute power to the [community cluster](https://communitycluster.com).

 ![station](https://discuss.88.io/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0c277e008dd828ab431359f8d30e2b9f0892baaf.png)

## Minimum Hardware Specification

Whether buying new or repurposing old computers, the following are the minimum hardware specifications for a Campus Station:

- Processor: 64-bit
- Encryption: Hardware
- Memory: 6 GBytes
- Disk: 64 GBytes
- Ethernet: 1Gbps
- USB: 2 x USB 3.0
- WiFi: 802.11n and 802.11ac
- Bluetooth: 4.2

Note only [x86-64](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64) hardware is supported at the moment but support for [ARM64](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AArch64) is planned.

## Minimum Software Specification

Campus Station runs [Disposable Nodes](https://disposablenode.com) in both [LXC](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/introduction/) and [KVM](https://linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page) containers, the currently supported operating systems are:

- Proxmox
- Ubuntu with [LXD](https://canonical.com/lxd)

The following is planned:

- Debian with [Incus](https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/)

Note Incus runs on [many operating systems](https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/installing/).

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**Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://discuss.88.io/t/campus-station-old/1685/2 "2024-12-29T05:18:00Z")

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# Reference Designs

There are millions of [laptops](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop) and [desktops](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_computer) out there gathering dust - repurpose them into Campus Stations!

For those who want to have a more turnkey experience, we have 2 reference designs available to give away or to be purchased:

1. SOYO M2 running Proxmox (CS24a)
2. Morefine S500+ running Proxmox (CS24c)

## Campus Station 24a

CS24a is an ultra low-end Campus Station for early [Citizen Startups](https://citizenstartup.com) that do NOT have much resources.

- [Home Station B](https://discuss.88.io/t/campus-station-24-1/1483/)

## Campus Station 24c

CS24c is the recommended Campus Station for most [Citizen Startups](https://citizenstartup.com).

- [Campus Station 2024c](https://discuss.88.io/t/campus-station-24-2/1293/)