Quite a few of into techy-nerdy stuff.
I will start us off - anyone else using pi-hole? Been very happy with it and a breeze to set up.
Quite a few of into techy-nerdy stuff.
I will start us off - anyone else using pi-hole? Been very happy with it and a breeze to set up.
I’ve been looking at one of them! I might take another gander.
Talking nerdy tech, I cannot rave about the Oculus Quest enough, VR, stand-alone, no cables and amazing visuals.
Are you running pi-hole on a Pi, or a dedicated machine?
I bought my son a Quest for Christmas. Fantastic bit of kit, isn't it? Did yo know you can link it to your computer with an appropriate USB cable, and play Rift games as well?
Presumably you just drill an angled hole in the side of the cubicle at the correct height and wait?Originally Posted by Alansmithee
Sorry, sorry, I'll go away now.
"A man of little significance"
I’m using a Pi-hole as well - on a Pi that has a few other bits running. Makes browsing a bit easier on some sites.
Also have been trying to justify a Quest - heard they are great.
Not sure if it qualifies but I just repurposed an old desktop computer (with the help of a salvaged LSI RAID card) into a server. Four old 1TB drives in a RAID10 array. Not huge storage but holds what I need it to.
Also recently picked up an aqua blue G4 iMac from a local charity shop which I plan to clean up and refurbish.
Interesting. Why did you choose RAID10 for only four disks? I think I would have gone for RAID5 with that. Or were to aiming for less capacity but more speed increase?
Replying to make sure I'm subb'd to this one! Self confessed tech nerd here.
Anyone tried PiAware? I have a feeder running 24/7 and a mast on the gable of the house. I feed FlightAware but when I get a chance, I'm going to also push flight data up to FlightRadar24.
Here's the web front end that the Pi serves up...
... and my stats: https://flightaware.com/adsb/stats/user/JohnEgerton
Do not want to distract from the pi-hole but...
On the topic of Quest what would you guy recommend for my first dive into Oculus? I am debating whether to go all in on the quest, or dip my toe in on the GO.
I went all in for the Rift S simply to have a go on Boneworks. Very pleased.
I'd be wary of the 'lesser' headsets as they are likely to fall down in critical areas such as resolution, screen door effect and refresh rate? It may give a misleading impression of just how bad VR can be!
Thanks. I have had a go on the Rift S, which has made me want one all the more! - although my computer set up is not great and the Quest is appealing as it seems to be more independent
It certainly can be used independently, but you'll be more limited in terms of future gaming titles without tethering it, I'd suggest.
I went for the Rift S as portability isn't of interest (though it's definitely a plus!) and I wanted to play as many titles as possible. I do have a gaming rig though.
The Quest appears to be gaining more and more features, such as hand tracking, but it's at present unclear how many titles will actually take advantage of this given I believe only the far more expensive Valve Index has this feature (but implemented differently).
It sounds like the Quest may be better suited to your needs, but I've not had a go on one so can't comment on how it compares to the Rift S.
Thats a definite overthought on my part considering the types of games I will play!
Thanks for the advice !
Reading the previous Pi-hole related posts with interest...
Makes me want to tinker with a Raspberry Pi again, after some years of abstinence.
Problem is that having children, work, other commitments how do I find the time to really dabble with those.
Can you recommend an ‘out of the box’ bundle that would allow me to ‘just start up’ a Rasperry Pi without having to worry about digging up spare keyboards out of the basement, cables, memory sticks, the like?
(Apologies if this is against the puristic nerdy spirit of this thread)
Thank you
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https://thepihut.com/collections/ras...pi-starter-kit
Just add keyboard and mouse : https://thepihut.com/collections/ras...keyboard-mouse
That’s perfect, exactly what I was after. Thank you sir!
I’ve been using a Rift CV1 then a Rift S for the last 3 years for racing sims on my PC. If you have a good enough PC, VR really is great. The 3D lets me race a lot closer and more precisely than when I raced on a monitor. It’s also a lot cheaper than buying a good quality triple display setup.
I use pi hole, w/ openvpn set up on google cloud compute free tier - there is a few good online guides available
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Do you find you have to pay for egress bandwidth sometimes? The current Always Free tier outgoing bandwidth allowance is "1 GB network egress from North America to all region destinations per month (excluding China and Australia)" which seems to me to be a bit concerning. It implies (if I read correctly) that any outgoing bandwidth usage to China or Australia will be charged immediately. And 1 GB/month outgoing is not that much if one is using a VPN on it.
Unless I'm reading it wrong/misunderstanding.
If it’s for a full VPN, then it’s probably not the most cost effective method, as you are right you get 1GB egress per month only. however if you want to use pihole for ad blocking and dns request then it will hardly use any bandwidth at all.
This guide explains it best
https://github.com/rajannpatel/Pi-Ho...penVPN-Configs
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I have been using pi-hole for about a year.
I did have dnscrypt on it as well but unfortunately a samsung micro sdcard went read only so i had to build another os/pihole.
Nice setup and i check in daily over VNC on my tablet to see whats in the query log and if any new sites end up in the top 10 block list table.
I'm having great fun geting to grips with my new Synology DS918+ NAS server at home.
Planning on adding a fourth 6TB HDD tomorrow (I'm using Synology's Hybrid Raid system).
Mainly bought to use as a Plex server, but I'm enjoying discovering its other capablities.
Thought this might be the best place to stick this. What Rasbperry Pi build could I put together to serve the same function as a Sonos Connect. Requirements are
1. Stream audio to a HiFi amplifier over WiFi
2. Driven by an IOS app but the stream would go direct to the Pi (I currently use an Apple Airport Express and stream from an Iphone/Ipad but it's a bit clumsy if you happen to be viewing video/audio on the device with the radio app in the background)
3. App should have access to a usable internet radio database.
4. I have another two Sonos devices but I do NOT need any syncing/grouping for this room (bedroom).
This is primarily for playing radio in bed on Sunday mornings (and perhaps a bit of NAS music) to a not-terribly-expensive Denon amp - I'm not trying to create the perfect system and some of the HiFi articles seem to be leading me down the garden path of gold-plating the spec in search of aural unicorns (but I think I'd need something a step up from the on-board Pi 3.5mm jack). I had an idea I could try to re-deploy an old Apple TV but internet radio support seems to be basically nil.
Have I missed anything?
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In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
I manage with a £100 VHF Roberts radio, but then I have no need of music streaming.
We only have the World Service on FM here - everything else would need to be streamed and apart from the BBC we would need RTE Radio and a Cuban station.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
Does this give you what you need?.. . https://www.balena.io/blog/turn-your-old-speakers-or-hi-fi-into-bluetooth-receivers-using-only-a-raspberry-pi/
[edit: not sure if that comes close at all.. it likely keeps all the actual streaming at the phone, being just a bluetooth/airplay remote speaker in the end]
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I think you're right - it doesn't do anything that the Airport Express doesn't already do.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
Would a chromecast audio from eBay not fit the bill with less faf?
+1
Have you seen my recent thread about my experiences using a Pi with the Allo decoder and Moode Audio? Highly recommended.
Thanks. I'll take a look.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
Thanks for posting this, I've been using pi-hole for a few days now and it is the dog's. I might set it up on a second RPI as I've had reliability problems in the past but, so far, it's been rock solid.
Might be worth looking at this. Not the be all and end of but a very good site I use as a first port of call to get an idea from.
https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/be...wide-monitors/
On the monitor front I bought this at the start of lock down, much easier than two, also with big spreadsheets and PowerPoint much easier.
Interesting project for sonos owners
https://www.hackster.io/mark-hank/so...-screen-5b0012
Damn you! I can't resist having a play with this and I just know it's going to take several hours of an upcoming weekend.
The smart services on my Samsung TV have always been crappy so I picked up a NVIDA SHIELD PRO - very impressed - there are a couple of services (nowTV, All 4) you need to chromecast but otherwise very good - amazing quick and a great plex media service - yes you can get cheap chinese media boxes but off previous history they will sort this for a while yet...
just to follow this up - this has been great - it's also a very capable games console!
The Plex Media server is great - I used to put films on a stick for my in-laws but they just watch via their TV when they like via my plex server...
Never understood the point of plex. Can just watch films directly from my NAS and other connected devices w/o need for a server.
I looked at PLEX but unfortunately my TV and synology Ds213+ NAS are too old run it via my nvida pro. I may have to revisit this as I've a lot of movies and TV shows.
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I have almost the same setup. run Plex on synology NAS on to nvidia shield and it's superb. TV should be just a dumb terminal if you use the Nvidia. I'm not sure my synology is much younger than yours. the thing i have discovered is subtitle files can cause major buffering, so to be avoided if at all possible. The alternative is to re-encode with burnt in subs if you can.
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Depressingly, looking back through my amazon purchases, I see I have bought a new keyboard pretty much every year. I suppose they get heavy use...
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If you spend as many of us do - eight hours a day at a keyboard I find it to be a good investment for the cost. Occasionally I'll be somewhere and have to use a basic office keyboard and it's like trying to type on a sponge cake...
Also I do a little bit of video editing so the MX 3 mouse is fantastic for that because of the side scroll wheel.
More like 12 hours so yes!
I have the MX mouse with the side wheel but it doesn't seem to do anything. I'm only doing Word and Outlook work though with occasional spreadsheet so less call for it.
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Something wrong somewhere - even as a minimum - in browser it should switch between tabs?
Nope, that would be useful.
I'm going to upgrade to the MX Keys one once it's back in stock on Amazon, looks better although I will miss the groove for the mobile.
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Upgraded to the MX Keys, it is much better. Not convinced by the stability of the Bluetooth connection, but can't figure out how to switch to the unifying receiver.
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Have you downloaded the Logitech options software?
Yup
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