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Raspberry Pi 4B (lemmy.zip)
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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 👎

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[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 28 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I'm running Home Assistant on mine at the moment. It's amazing. Really. Apart from being an great smart home solution I've found it a good solution to create dashboards for life.

I have set up our family calendar, train schedules that change routes depending on the time. Waste collection notifications. It warns me to get a raincoat and umbrella in the morning. I get news headlines for my interests...

Before that I've tried a lot. It was my first step into home labbing 2 years ago. It brought me back to my youth. Breaking the family computer and trying to fix it before anyone noticing it.

Most of the stuff I ran used Docker.

  • Joplin notes
  • Mealie
  • Immich
  • Authentic
  • Wanderer
  • Homarr
  • pihole
  • portainer

Within a year I grew out of my pi setup and bought a second hand mini Lenovo that now runs Proxmox. Minor investment, huge upgrade. Moved away from dockers also.

The pi is a fun gateway drug.

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Big +1 for second hand corporate mini PCs

They’re cheaper and better in every way than the Pi

Only get the Pi if you need a specific HAT or GPIO. And even then get a zero.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Only get the Pi if you need a specific HAT or GPIO. And even then get a zero.

Or if you want to run the machine via PoE.

[–] B0rax@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago

There are machines (like the Futro s740) that can be powered by POE as well.

[–] Elkenders@feddit.uk 1 points 3 days ago

Why no docker?