These instructions assume that you know how to install and navigate your OS on your device. Install Debian 11 Bullseye 31 for the desktop PC or other variations depending on your hardware. Initial setup of Debian 11 is easier with monitor keyboard and mouse hooked up local to your device. Enable SSH in configuration, once you have enabled SSH then remote configuring is preferred for below instructions. You can copy and paste below commands into the terminal, these instructions assume you have knowledge on the ability to SSH into your device. Copy and paste is the easiest, and PuTTY 5 allows right click paste. These steps use the default install instructions of home assistant and the default user of MYUserName , so if using different then what is default make changes as needed.