Set it up as a PiHole.
Which reminds me: I need to finish getting mine hooked up to my LAN properly.
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Same. I got mine a static IP, but everything I try to make it work, I get no network at all.
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Mail it to me
Close. Mail it to me lol
Mail it to me too please
Is it too late to add myself to the queue?
Damn Brits always trying to get into a queue.
Jellyfin server
Pi hole if you don't have one, others have mentioned home assist, you could also look at ubo pod, although that isn't out yet. Really just use it to host whatever you want
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Sell it for double your money back.
I have a Pi 4 running as a PiHole and Pi 5 running as an SDR server with 2 radios attached to it. Both are connected via Tailscale as well so I can access both from anywhere I want, especially useful for the PiHole so I have adblocking anywhere on any device.
The Pi 4 is massively overpowered for a PiHole, but if you got one laying around doing nothing, go for it.
I have my PiHole running on a Pi Zero with a USB Ethernet adapter. The WebUi is a bit slow, but the actual DNS with unbound as a backend isn't any slower than on a Pi 4.
Useful? I think you're doing this hobby wrong.
/s.
PiHole and Plex? Plex will help generate need for a NAS. It worked for me.
Can confirm. Didn’t need a NAS before I started hosting my own Plex/Jellyfin server. Then suddenly I was considering 40TB and going “hmm this is probably way too small for actual daily use, but it’ll be a good start and I can expand on it later.”
I literally had the the same pi collecting dust. I put it in an aluminum enclosure with an M2 bus, added a spare drive, and put home assistant os on it. SUPER FUN. now all those sensors and ESP32s I have can provide meaningful use to my life.
Set up a Tor Relay. Help the Tor network.
Set up Pinchflat, automatically download podcast audio without ads, connect your podcast app to it via an rss feed.
Fuck yeah, thank you.
Look up Pi-Hole, it's an adblocker for your whole home network. It blocks ads at the DNS level
Desktop PC
If the pi ends up with a flavor of Linux:tux:, don't forget the ZRAM compression.
On my debian I use default settings and end up with nearly double available memory.
It also reduces disk usage by giving ZRAM priority over swap.
The rp5 could be a:
Luanti/VoxelLibre server
Kiwix Wikipedia server
Pi-hole of course.
My rp4 can run the three just fine.
Could try something like home assistant
(Rp4 is just a little underpowered but can function)
Could also turn it into a NAS.
Folding@Home
Distributed computing project that allows you to contribute CPU cycles to scientists searching for cures for things like Alzheimer’s and cancer.
RetroPie? A Pi can handle most of the older, amazing games.
Pi4 is better for anything with video as it has a a hardware decoder. They dropped the hardware decoder in the Pi5 and I think you need to buy an extra module to have one for them.
Oh wow, thank you. I didn't know that!
Step one, put it in my hand.
Step two, take this $3.50 in all pennies. Those are valuable. They fon't even make those pennies anymore, and thats 350 of them! All for you! Honestly, you're making out on this deal.
Step three, ..........
as heard in the distance
.......sucker!!!
Send it to me, I have plans.
Pipboy
If you have access to someone with a 3d or can find the parts online; you could build a gameboy with it.
The wife and I made a retro game console. But we mostly use it for kodi
I have one pulling double duty as a Pi hole and emulation console.
Turn it into a music visualizer. This is a fantasy project I’ve had
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