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...for pi-hole. I found a mini pc that I hadn’t used in 6 years. Celeron cpu, 2gb ram, and a 256gb SSD. Should be much more than is required for a pi-hole box. And to think I was about to spend money... 
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: 2nd Linux box
I read the subject as "2nd lunch box" and my fat ass instantly thought: "Why the hell haven't I thought of that before?" 
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modified 18-Sep-18 12:21pm.
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Do yourself a favor and try pfSense. I had a PI with OpenWRT on it, and recently I Switch to an x86 firewall just to try pfSense. Best choice of the month (almost, for me!)
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Heard a lot about pfSense, but it's always sounded like overkill to me. I know that I know enough about networking to be a danger to myself, so if all I want is to get rid of ads, Pi-hole is plenty good for me.
Not that I'd want to discourage anyone from trying it out.
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Heard a lot about pfSense, but it's always sounded like overkill to me
This is why I waited long before trying it. Paradoxically, pfSense is much easier to use than it seems. In less than an hour I was able to install it, configure it as a firewall, OpenVPN server, Ads Blocker (pfBlockerNG) and set a let's encypt certificate for the admin dashboard. All through the web panel, simply filling in the fields and checking the checkboxes.
I do not know how difficult it is to install and use Pi-Hole, but OpenWRT and Gargoyle (router) were really much more complicated than pfSense
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Pi-hole's install is literally a one-liner; the only difficulty is in figuring out Linux if you're not already familiar with it.
And I use DD-WRT on my router, so between that and Pi-hole, I'm happy enough with my current setup.
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What's the average electricity usage?
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I don't care. I'm here to kill the planet.
Actually, the box I'm using has tiny fans (one of the only problems with running a Micro PC case) which makes it very noisy, so I'm considering still getting a pi. How can you go wrong for $35? I might also just cut a hole big enough for a 120mm fan and get rid of the small noisy ones.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
modified 18-Sep-18 8:35am.
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Got a Pi 3 doing both pi-hole and openVPN, works fine. Running headless, uses 1WFN (one watt per fortnight).
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I installed pihole. Is it configured to run on startup? I haven't rebooted the box yet, but when I checked the system monitor app, I didn't see it in the process list.
I'm new to Linux, so I don't know how close it is to Windows or what to expect after installing something.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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She's a bit Björk-ish 
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 Hope she doesn't follow Björks costume choices in the future! And she doesn't push the strange vocals element as Björk has! 
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David O'Neil wrote: Just something for Marc's block
Geee, thanks. 
Being a smart old fart, I am now listening to it on my phone.
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Careful - you might have to turn in your old fart card! Breaking union rules!
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...which I (and many others here) were using to listen to music.
Probably some moron got a bee in his bonnet about how much bandwidth was being used streaming compressed audio files. 
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Or a moron was caught using it for another things and you are now paying his / her fault
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Just as it happened in my soon former workplace.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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den2k88 wrote: my soon former workplace.
Good luck with the next one
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Thank you, I need all the luck I can get. Brand new start, unknown expectations and "impostor syndrome" kicking in like Hell on wheels.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Up sell the use of technical videos for training.
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Spotify, SoundCloud, and Bandcamp are good alternatives 
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Amazon Music too, especially if you already have Prime.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I use direct web... "www.radio.de" --> long list and most of the channels bring only one or two advertisements per hour.
For a free streamer is pretty tolerable and I like the music selection.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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