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JollyJamma

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Hi all

I got one of these for Xmas (the 2gig model) and I’m chuffed to bits with its potential.

I’ve ordered a passive cooler and a Samsung 64gig Evo+ SD card.

I plan to use it as a Pi Hole and to run Kali on it.

Does anyone else have one and if so, what are you using it for?

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JJ
 
4gb model running pi-hole.
Bought the heatsink case thing with 2 fans on. Works wonders, but fans became noisy to unplugged them.
But of wasted potential but might so a NAS of some sorts.
 
Pihole,ssh forwarder,docker,unifi controller,influxdb,grafana dashboarding

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Pihole,ssh forwarder,docker,unifi controller,influxdb,grafana dashboarding

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How has yours not overheated yet?

I will investigate those as I only know the SSH forwarder, Pi Hole, Unifi part of that list.
 
Oh yes. Unifi, I will be moving that over to the pi soonish.

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I was lazy earlier, but this is what I have.


Got mine from Amazon before they became available here.

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Oh yes. Unifi, I will be moving that over to the pi soonish.

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I like that the power of the new Pi means that you can throw more at it and it’ll be fine.

The Pi Hole is the single biggest reason for me getting the Pi as it can prevent so much crap getting to your phone/pc/tablet.

It’s super good for a family household where you have teens who think it’s fun to run around on the dark web.
 
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Got the adapter. Now I’m waiting on the SD card.

I looked up a water cooling rig for it, out of curiosity- £180. Madness.
 
I've got Pi Hole running file on the network with my iPhone pointed to it for DNS queries.

I decided not to run the Pi as a DHCP server as I couldn't keep it on the network all the time and wanted to use it for other projects, like Retro Pi.

I've installed Retro Pi and it works great, using a PS4 controller as the input device. It's amazing how smooth it is and I'm going to need more SD cards because I want one SD installer for Retro Pi and another for Kali pen testing.
 
I’m really enjoying the pi


I need to get multiple SD cards to keep different operating systems on at a time because I’d like to have RetroPi run on it’s own card (it’s a bit aggressive as a desktop environment).

I want Kali/ParrotOS on their own card too.

Thankfully, 64gig cards aren’t expensive (£8.88).

I definitely like the passive cooler as it stays warm but there are no fans and no noise.
 
Sup, does anyone know how the pi performs as a plex server? Can it handle 4k video streams to multiple devices?
 
Sup, does anyone know how the pi performs as a plex server? Can it handle 4k video streams to multiple devices?
If you can direct stream, yes, if it needs to transcode, no.

You could probably get a stream or 2 out of it depending on bitrate.
 
If you can direct stream, yes, if it needs to transcode, no.

You could probably get a stream or 2 out of it depending on bitrate.
So transcode as in needing to play a 4k video on a standard HD tv? It would struggle?

If I dont plan on allowing remote access outside my network, it shouldn't need to transcode to keep the size down, so I shouldn't have any issues right?
 
So transcode as in needing to play a 4k video on a standard HD tv? It would struggle?

If I dont plan on allowing remote access outside my network, it shouldn't need to transcode to keep the size down, so I shouldn't have any issues right?
If the native file format is 4k and the file needs to be transcoded to 1080p, it will struggle.
Honestly, an older desktop or laptop with an Intel CPU that supports Quicksync will do you much better.

Plex on the pi is a cool concept, but it's not very flexible.
 
I've got Pi Hole running file on the network with my iPhone pointed to it for DNS queries.

I decided not to run the Pi as a DHCP server as I couldn't keep it on the network all the time and wanted to use it for other projects, like Retro Pi.

I've installed Retro Pi and it works great, using a PS4 controller as the input device. It's amazing how smooth it is and I'm going to need more SD cards because I want one SD installer for Retro Pi and another for Kali pen testing.

Why not get a Pi Zero just for pihole?
I found per device setup too painful, rather set pihole as the primary DNS server on the router.
 
Why not get a Pi Zero just for pihole?
I found per device setup too painful, rather set pihole as the primary DNS server on the router.

I hear you but I don’t use my Pi for much and if I do a clean install, I always install Pihole.

I tried changing the DNS on the the router to use the Pi as a DHCP but I found it was easier just to change the 3 devices I own to use it and everyone else gets adverts.

I get that people need adverts in their life to monetize their channels and media posts, but most of the time, I do view ads and the number of ads you are bombarded with of late has grown to be insufferable.
 

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