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What else to run on a RPi? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Hiya!

I have a Raspberry Pi 4B set up as a print server, so it has to run 24/7. But it irks me that it's mostly idling.

I'd move my website to it, but I don't want to deal with it being open to the internet. The same goes for an e-mail server.

I was also thinking of running a Minecraft server on it. (Being able to play on the same world from different devices is kinda cool.) Alas, my RPi only has 4 GiBs of RAM. I worry that such a load would interfere with the print server.

Any ideas what I could run on it?

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[–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So it can block ads in Google Chrome on my moms phone? Then I'll have to figure out how to set it up!

Do you often run into issues when blocking traffic like this? I can imagine some software (i.e. Samsung's or Google's bloatware) kicking up a fuss.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Sometimes it can. Google and Samsung never had an issue though. The more ad lists you setup the more false-positives you get.

    But 99% of the time it's fine. The other 1% you open the dashboard and look at the last few blocks and whitelist whatever it causing issues.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Sometimes I’ve found a site that gets partially blocked and causes a fuss. There’s an option to allowlist domain(s).

    Also, some sites try to use ad domains to serve legit traffic, and some use legit domains to serve ads, so it’s not perfect, but it works pretty darn well overall.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Ive been using the OISD list for myself and family members for the past couple of years without issues. It’s specifically made to to be unnoticeable, by whitelisting hosts that would cause issues.

    One thing to note is that it’s not a full replacement for adblockers, as DNS blockers can only block full hosts and not all ads and tracking are served from dedicated hostnames. Things like YouTube ads will be unaffected by DNS based blocking. It does really make a difference, though, including for apps with banners.

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