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Raspberry Pi 4B (lemmy.zip)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) by rook@lemmy.zip to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
 

As a complete beginner, what can I do with a raspberry pi 4b?

I'm basically completely new to networking and currently setting up a NAS. I have this raspberry pi 4b that I got but now can't think of a use case for it...

Any ideas of something that is very useful to host or have running on the pi4b?

Edit: I'm a complete beginner, and will use trunas on another server with jellyfin so my raspberry pi gets blown raspberries atm πŸ‘Ž

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[–] logos@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] Eirikr70@jlai.lu 13 points 1 day ago

I wouldn't recommend network apps to a complete beginner. They might loose their network for a while and get afraid of tinkering. My 2p

[–] mmmac@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'd recommend technitium over both pihole and adguard these days. Its an actual DNS server vs just a sinkholr, had recursive resolving out of the box, Root server mirroring at the click of a button, cluster mode etc

[–] gigachad@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm using Pi-hole for half a year now and am super happy. What is unbound?

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A DNS service that gets all its DNS data directly from "root servers", without the middlemen (like your ISP, Google, Cloudflare, etc).

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Unbound is just an alternative to bind. Pihole does not handle full-fledged DNS functions like zone transfers and start of authority records.