What are some cool things /g/ has done with their Raspberry Pi's?

>>61109191
try rpi zero

pi-hole
home lab dashboard

>>61109167
I used it as a terminal to learn about UNIX socket programming in C.

It collects dust

>>61109307
Kek

>>61109167
I host a domain on my raspberry pi:
-website
-email service
-relays on tor (email & website)
-ownCloud

I control everything, no more need of 3rd party email provider or hosting, full disk encryption and anonymity over TOR and I can access my files everywhere with ownCloud

>>61109167
im working using Raspberry pi, because this pice of shit is so slow, i can't really do anything onther but work.
and i like how this little shit makes 0 noise, i can work in silence

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I've got a couple mounted in 1u rack mount cases modded from broken cobalt/sun servers, front panel LCD, buttons and leds all functional via gpio - a cluster of 9 pi2s with a 5" display and very cute nekopara interface, all for shits and giggles. Currently I'm making a motion sensitive camera for taking wildlife pictures at a place I do conservation work.

nothing massively cool, but I've had fun

>>61109167
>raspberry
orange pi master race

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>>61109167
>raspberry
Stop shilling them.

>>61109167
Screenfetch

>>61109411
thats kinda cool desu, old rack servers and leds and a display modded to work with rpi, nice

running one as a seedbox and media server, no real issues so far

i'm looking for a SBPC for torrenting. at first my choice was odroid xu4 but it's expensive so i'd like to ask you for something good and cheap. which one would you recommend?

>>61109428
>Anyone discussing anything I don't like is a shill a bloo bloo bloo

>>61109687
Orange Pi Zero.

Cheap and it does its job.
However they tend to get really hot, so id attach it a heatsink if i were you.

>>61109687
Do you want Gigabit Ethernet?
>Orange Pi PC 2
If not, Orange Pi Zero.

>>61109687
>>61109428
>>61111426
What's the best *Pi for a homeserver? The more services the better. The faster the better.

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I got a pi zero w that I wanted to use a downloader but that piece of shit can't even power a USB hub. It's really only good for low level IoS garbage, and for that you can buy chinkchips for a dollar instead of shelling out 15 times as much for a pi.

>>61111582
check the orangepi official site on aliexpress and sort by price/features you need/whatever

they run debian so if you know linux basics it'll be easy to handle

>>61111761
>chinkexpress
why?

>>61111761
isnt the banana more powerful? what's the tradeoff?

>>61111859
because you're buying a chink board directly from the original manufacturer

>>61110978
no problem. have plenty of these
>>61111426
gigabit and USB 3.0 would be great. but since 3.0 is barely anywhere, i need at least a gigabit speed to transfer my files around

>>61112114
>USB 3.0
Odroid XU4 has 2 of these and Gb Ethernet. But it's around 50$ not counting peripherals and imho it's not as good as C2.

>>61112114
Try the OPi PC2 for GbEthernet then i guess.

There's an Odroid with usb 3.0 and an OPi with a sata2 port but both cost around $60.

also the banana pi has a sata port too but no idea about that one

>>61109428
Orange pi does 4k30fps 265 hw decode will it do 1080p60fps?

Used mine to unlock a couple of laptop UEFI/BIOS passwords. Before that it was a media streaming box with OpenELEC.

Thinking of using it for interacting with a deaddrop, or maybe setting up a PirateBox somewhere. It's the first generation model B with a measly 256 MB of RAM, so that also limits things somewhat.

Would love to have a more powerful x86 SBC, but those tend to be on the more expensive side, and I've already got a NUC which pretty much fills that niche.

Hey guys so I am wanting to use small board rpi/opi and have a minecraft server on it, only I will be using it with future of someone other people using it, 3 max. since people are recommending orange pi for the gigabit ethernet (which I am waiting for cat 7 cable to get routed to my room since we have gigabit internet) how does the orange pi pc2 perform against raspberry pi 3?

If you plan to do ANYTHING even remotely involving a GUI stay the fuck away from the zero, it's so underpowered that it can't even open a website that isn't plain text and some images without taking ten minutes.

>>61112235
>>61112239
if not USB 3.0 then at leeast gigabit ethernet. i don't want to wait ages for things to move

>>61109167
I think it's a fad.

>>61109167
Is a phone charger ok for an opi zero? I don't want to cheap out and get some housefire

>>61109167
I just use mine to flash Coreboot/Libreboot for customers

>>61109334
Please share resources that would teach me that

>>61112781
Depends on the phone, but usually a tablet charger would be better (higher amperage)
Most xiaomi phones provide a 2A charger, which is suitable for the Zero as long as you don't attach a fuckton of peripherals to it.

>>61112781
Yes, I'm running mine off a 2A phone charger.

It is powering up the 2TB HDD connected via USB as well.

>>61112686
Odroid XU4 has USB 3.0 ports.
BananaPi R2 has USB 3.0 ports. But it's more server/networking oriented.
So pick between Odroid and BananaPi. They both have a Gigabit Ethernet (BPI has 5 ports).
For other boards with gigabit Ethernet look at this pic >>61109428. It's a bit outdated so there are boards missing.

>>61112809
>>61112858
Thanks.

have one setup as a small server for some git shit, which i still newish in, and to ssh into from outside the network.
it's nice enough, have a spare computer to use a server, but don't like to keep it on since it is overkill for what i need.

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I turned mine on, clicked around Raspian for about 20 minutes and didn't know what to do with it so I unplugged it and put it in the closet

btw: i have a computer with a USB HUB and lots of HDDs connected to it (all 3.0 of course)
normally i'm thinking of sacrificing one or two HDDs for the SBPC and transfer all the data it downloads to the main computer through LAN (hence gigabit and USB 3.0 would be very welcome) but maybe there's a better way to connect both computers and maintain high speeds?

Is NOOBS 2.4.1 fucked? I tried to reinstall Raspbian and it always hangs at 21 MB. Fucking Linux shit!

>>61113113
>raspberry is shit
>fucking linux man

also
>using shitty raspis
cuck

>>61113102
While SBCs with USB3.0 are rare, an alternative could be a SATA port but they cost about the same as the boards with usb3.0.

The cheapest alternative with gigabit Ethernet would be >>61111426, but you will be held back by the usb 2.0. Pick your poison.

>>61113261
why oh why nobody made a proper 2.1? would be a lot more bearable than 2.0
and of course gigabit ethernet and 3.0 work perfectly with each other in terms of transfer speed but barely any SBPC has it together
should i just wait until they become cheap/USB 3.0 becomes more standard or squeeze out more munny and buy what's available now?

>hooked it up to a long-range wifi antenna
>poorfag rural internet access

>>61113484
What adapter/style of antenna are you using?

>>61113430
Just recheck your needs and see if it's worth it or not. I use my OPi Zero that doesn't even have gigabit ethernet on a daily basis and that's fine for me.

Then again my upload speed is only 40Mbps and i rarely transfer big files between my LAN.

>>61113549
well, transfering a 3digit GiBs of data through USB 2.0 and 100mb/s LAN will be a real pain in the ass

>>61113528
Parabolic. Buy a TL-ANT2424b, an N-to-RPSMA cable, some mounting solution, and a USB wifi adapter with removable antenna. Install DietPi and NetworkManager then hook up eth to some router's WAN port.

I get 10Mb down/2Mb up when connecting to a restaurant across the lake.

Once I stalled rTorrent + ruTorrent... everything was slow when downloading but it was going on ~12Mb/s so I guess all the computational power was being exploited

>>61113730
Nice, thanks for the info.

>tfw no comfy rural retreat by a lake

>>61109167
I have a Raspberry Pi 3 acting as a home server. It's stuck in a little thing under my desk and it has a cute little fan and everything. It runs Debian ARM.

>>61109373
I used to use mine as a desktop, but then I started using an old ThinkPad for that instead.

>>61112803
digitalocean has nice tutorials

>>61112239
>OPi
try toasters instead, they have much better software support

>>61114171
>support
They run Debian, nobody gives a shit about "support"

>>61109432
superkek

>>61111761
>>61111582
orangepis are shit for the birds, proud owner of an opiPC here.
get a fucking rpi 3

>>61111921
they do sell them on ebay now

>>61114251
>rpi 3
but anon...will it blend?

>>61112375
>4k30fps
fuck that orange pi dont do 4k.
Theoradically, sure. but in reality fuckno.

>>61114235
>Debian
armbian.
>aint no one giveashit bout sport
faggot that just means youre going to run shouldwork.sh and it wont and there wont be a single person to tell you why.

>>61114279
are you implying that i am shilling raspberrypis?
i am recommanding this noob the least headache-inducing best priced dev board with the best software support.
>le rpi lobbying 2 strong everyting is be shilled if iz be shilled it no gud and chinese shit be just as gud in fact better.
fine, retard, get some bananapi instead.

>>61114499
wow...calm the fuck down, buh
shit, man...

>>61114519
kek
im sry

>>61114499
That opi really fucked you up m8

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>>61114499

24/7 mumble server 4 years and going.

>>61114551
it really did.

>>61114130
Linode too

installed gentoo arm64 :^)

>>61109167
my personal spotify, using mpd http stream

>>61109428
Odroid C2 masterrace

Do any sbc support 10bit anime? I wrote a script to auto transcode to 8bit but I'd rather upgrade to something that didn't require me to do it.

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>>61109411
>zun

>>61112803
here is a nice tutorial
https://www.pestmeester.nl/

>>61109167
Use it to run Window95

>>61109334
But you still pay for domain.

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RPi zero as super ultra portable desktop.
I use my phone for input, power supply is from any phone charger, just need a monitor.

used to be my svn server until i find the speed unbearable

I stuck two up my ass.

>>61112803
Hello guys, I don't own a raspberry pi. I have a old ultrabook with 2gb ram and a 1.3ghz processor.
No ethernet heads up, can I run a server on this with wifi? Thanks for help.

>>61120134
You're welcome.

>>61120145
Like, fuck. my english is garbage, but I do need help

>>61120134
What kind of servers and for what?

>>61120393
A personal website server, to host my files accessible anywhere. Mostly only 10-15 people will use the site

>>61120497
Speed would be low like 300 KB/Sec max.

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Home automation.

>>61109411
Could you show the Nekopara interface? Kind of interested in it.

I don't pay my own electric bill now- and by virtue of this my landlord breathes down my neck about power usage. So my storage array has been installed in my desktop and my server has been decommissioned and replaced with a Pi, it now mostly serves as a way to keep my irc client online when my feeling desktop goes into standby. It's a sad state of affairs

>>61120546
I have a good internet to host, it's just the laptop is old so I wanna like use it for something instead of throwing it away.

>>61120765
Also if I can actually perfectly host using linux(as it doesn't eat much of system performance unlike windows) I can consider upgrading the ram and any other options available.

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>>61120629

>>61120765
It's the laptop hardware limitation that's bottlenecking it.
Specifically the WiFi adapter.
>upgrading RAM
For what?
What do you think RAM do?

>>61120830
Holy shit, that's cool

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>>61120857
it was one of those cheap little 3.5" touch screens you can get for the pis - replaced it with a 5" but not got round to redoing the software

http://www.mediafire.com/file/d2q0h9kag6aild2/clusterstuff.zip

thats all the code and images - used pygame to handing the display and touchscreen interface

- IRC bot
- Deluge for torrenting overnight so I can turn off my main system
- VPN for my brother who lives in the UK a notorious police state.

In a car related embedded setup
you know, their INTENDED APPLICATION

>>61120850
It increases the load handling for the server? ( sorry if i'm wrong im a noob) . Also is it ok if I get a usb to ethernet adapter then?

>>61121011
>load handling for the server
That's CPU job.
>usb to ethernet adapter
Unless it's USB 3.0 then you won't get performance boost.
300 KB/sec isn't bad for simple site.

>>61120927
How hard will it be to do something like that over ssh?
Is it even possible?

>>61121135
I'll try to find the adapter with 3.0 my laptop does have 1 3.0 port, Thanks for letting me know.
Also
>That's CPU job.
Thanks for teaching me.
Any idea which linux server distribution I could use to host a site with this laptop then?
Ubuntu was asking a 2ghz processor, so idk anything else.

>>61121176
Make sure the adapter is Gigabit Ethernet.
Also before buying it test out the internal wifi adapter, I could be wrong since the laptop have USB 3.0 port that would mean you might have a decent WiFi adapter.
>>61121176
Any would do, the 2 GHz is for the DE, I assume.
You could try Puppy linux.
>Run in RAM
>Light on CPU
>Can use HDD
>Based on ubuntu

>>61121368
>Based on ubuntu
I meant build

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>>61121144
to do the programming work over ssh and the display pugged into the pi? pretty straight froward to be honest, that's how I did it

to get the interface showing over ssh? that would be something else - probably x-forwarding - but to be honest If i was looking to to control/monitor something like that remotely with a pretty interface I'd go straight for html and do a webui.

>>61109167
Stuck one up my arse. I make big cums

>>61121394
What web server you recommend for local net only?

>>61121368
after installing the puppy Linux can I follow the guide given above in the thread for the pi, for the security and stuff?

>>61121368
>>61121851
puppy linux also does everything as root, including gui utilities.

>>61121921
Thanks anon.
-kindly Dweeb

>>61121776
I would say its a toss up between nginx and apache - nginx probably has the edge in performance/resource use, whereas apache is what your going to find most pi-related tutorials use.

>>61109167
>What are some cool things /g/ has done with their Raspberry Pi's? Any major issues you encountered
nothing special.
>host my blog using hugo
https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo
>running a openVPN server to access all muh files from remote
http://www.pivpn.io/
>controlling some sockets through 433MHz module
well this wiki is on german, but just to show what sockets:
https://wiki.fhem.de/wiki/Intertechno_Code_Berechnung

Also some tinkering around with electronics, but mostly doing that with AVRs now

>>61121776
lighttpd

Created the following using orange pis and raspberry pis:

>Ambilight clone with kodi, moonlight and retropi crap
>3D printer controller using octoprint, with some safety functions such as a smoke detector and a power shutdown feature
>MQTT broker which has esp8266 nodes for data collection
>Use it to flash NOR chips and all kinds of bus pirate related stuff

>>61109418
Honestly it is crap, I have 2 of those home and still use my Raspberry Pi 3 more

None uses Orange Pi and because of that their userbase software is shit, if you run into a problem you'll have to figure it out yourself since there is none to help you

my nas/plex rpi 3 just had a kernal panic.
gonna try and reinstall the os and see if that fixes it.
worked well, albeit slow.
if i can't get it functioning properly, I'll buy a used desktop for a nas/plex.