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#pihole

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How to Use a Lenovo ThinkCentre M910q as a Powerful Home Server

As an IT enthusiast, I’ve long been (and still are!) a fan of the #RaspberryPi mini computers. My main Pi already runs multiple services like #PiHole, #Navidrome and #Jellyfin – which often pushes it near its limits. Well, recently I found myself wanting to add even more services to my local network. Unfortunately, my NAS can’t host Docker containers, so expanding compute power became necessary.

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The IT Blog · How to Use a Lenovo ThinkCentre M910q as a Powerful Home ServerAs an IT enthusiast, I’ve long been (and still are!) a fan of the #RaspberryPi mini computers. My main Pi already runs multiple services like #PiHole, #Navidrome and #Jellyfin – which often pushes it near its limits. Well, recently I found myself wanting to add even more services to my local network

I'm doing the weekly home IT update chore this morning. I wasn't home last week, so there's a lot.

- OPNsense minor upgrade (save 25.7 for next week)
- New firmware for two Omada access points
- PI-Hole 25.7
- Home Assistant Core and ESPHome Builder
- Karakeep 0.26.0

Then I'm going to take the first steps in the TrueNAS Core -> Scale migration. That'll go on for days if not weeks.

Streamlined my #selfhosting because #pihole complained about CPU usage when jellyfin was running as well.

So:
✅ moved #navidrome to new minicomputer
✅ moved #jellyfin to new minicomputer (AND into container)
✅ made #peertube remote runner a permanent resident on the minicomputer
✅ used nice hostnames for all services via #traefic
✅ nice overview via #Portainer
✅ static indexpage so that I don't have to remember what's running where

It went better than hoped - but still a couple of hours

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@tarnkappeinfo mit meinen #PiHole Einstellungen komme ich auch nicht mehr bei euch rauf.

Ich verstehe, wie wichtig Werbung ist - aber als Webseite die sich viel mit Datenschutz befasst den Nutzern zu sagen - pfeift auf Datenschutz wenn ihr bei uns auf der Seite seid. Sehe ich als doppelmoralisch an.

Ich habe wegen einer Webseite zumindest auch nicht vor meine Einstellungen zu ändern.

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@ginger_tosser

For the Web, I can warmly recommend the combination of #Firefox and #uBlockOrigin. It's so good that, on occasions when my PiHole has gone down, I've not even noticed.

addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firef

That won't stop tracking and advertising outside the Web browser — #PiHole is still the right solution there.

@woe2you @TheBreadmonkey

addons.mozilla.orguBlock Origin – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-GB)Download uBlock Origin for Firefox. Finally, an efficient wide-spectrum content blocker. Easy on CPU and memory.

Lot of people having trouble with browser-level adblock options.
Consider rectifying that. Small cost but network-wide blocking, so they can't just turn it off on a whim because it's no longer supported.
Get even a PI3 board for cheap, dangle it off the back of your router and run #PiHole on it. Wouldn't be without that on my network now.

So @naomibrockwell blew my mind about how are smart TVs are spying on us with Automatic Content Recognition and other advertising profile scripts. Yikes! Thanks for the heads up!
youtu.be/jeq2m-OM53A?si=DPW7TQ

I don’t have the resources to switch to a more secure streaming device yet (I’m gonna build one with mini PC running LibreELEC with Kodi hopefully).

In the meantime, I setup a Pi-Hole on an old Raspberry Pi 3B I had laying around last night to block as many ads and outgoing unwanted scripts as I could.
pi-hole.net/

It is working great from what I tell! Even removed the ads from my Roku TV home pages lol! I’m sure some stuff is getting through, but at least it’s minimal.

Here is the PiHole install video I watched from Micro Center, but I also added SSH via private/public keys too. How to Block Ads Using a Pi-Hole With A Raspberry Pi
youtu.be/oX4NqFisC5Y?si=-AdahV

Oh and it has a built-in Star Trek NG LCARS theme!
github.com/MichalSvatos/pi-hol

#pihole #pi-hole #raspberrypi #linux #adblocking #cybersecurity #homenetworking #homelab #privacy #dataprivacy #digitalrights #mydatamychoice #privacyisahumanright #privacymatters #blockads #surveillancecapitalism #optout #FOSS #startrek #microcenter

Hey #tailscale #homelab crowd, I need your wisdom! In my network I run a few services, some of them are on tailnet, some of them aren't. My clients are mostly on tailnet, but some aren't. I don't have DNS server for local name resolution - I just use #headscale DNS extra records to point clients to most important services.

Now, I want #pihole. How to make it available for both Tailscale and non-tailscale clients? Am I reading correctly that I'll need another DNS server to resolve local names?