The MagicMirror dashboard that I created does not load after I close and reopen Chrome unless I run “node serveronly” again.

[ibo]

@sdetweil Thank you so much for your quick reply. Is that how it works in a Raspberry Pi too? What if I buy and restart the device? Will my dashboard disappear? Can I “save” my project somewhere so I run it again?
I am new to this and I am learning/testing before I get a Raspberry Pi.
Thanks again.

[sdetweil]

@ibo the project is saved on sd card, just like on disk on your pc…

What if I buy and restart the device

I don’t know what this means

I would use my installer… it sets up to start MM on boot using pm2…
see https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

[thgmirror]

Hi @ibo,
what about to install Rasbian and MagicMirror in a virtual machine under VirtualBox? You can make your first experiences without spending money and without waiting for delivery (if you prefer to buy a RasPi).

Thomas

[sdetweil]

@thgmirror for MagicMirror, u can install directly on windows. don’t need raspi…

virtualbox would be raspi intel, not arm.
I have it here under VMWare workstation,
along with Mac and Windows
(running ubuntu on desktop)

[thgmirror]

@sdetweil I have 3 Raspis:-) And don’t need to install MM on Windows.
But @ibo has no Raspi and can make his first steps “virtually”!

Thomas

[ibo]

@thgmirror Exactly! I wanted to understand MM before purchasing a Raspberry Pi. That’s why I wanted to “play” with it on Windows first.

[sdetweil]

@ibo I knew what you were doing…

[ibo]

@thgmirror Great idea. Going to YouTube now to learn how to do all that including the virtual machine.

[ibo]

@thgmirror 💡💡💡👍🙏