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Less Gay Alternative to Raspberry Pi

submitted by iSmokeMemes to whatever 3.5 yearsNov 5, 2021 18:44:46 ago (+9/-0)     (whatever)

It doesn't take much scrolling through their blog to determine that the Raspberry Pi team is mostly a bunch of fruit loops: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/

Looking for a less cucked alternative to purchase, if anyone knows of a similar product. I need 2 of these, one of which I'm going to use for Adguard DNS router filtering, and another that I'm going to use for NymphCast on one of my TV's.

I've never even used a Pi before, so I'm not exactly sure what specs I'd need for either of those two projects, but pretty sure any potato that can run Linux and has networking abilities would be fine.

The more FOSS the better.


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[ - ] allahead 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 6, 2021 16:52:45 ago (+0/-0)*

Have you looked at Netgate or pfSense? You can use pfBlocker and download ad lists directly into the firewall as rules. There are some very interesting lists people keep out there, including IP lists of everything in China so you can block it inbound and outbound.

I'd recommend a BSD over Linux for embedded hardware, especially a security device. Find a distro you like then go on the forums and see what hardware they're using.

I'll second the Odroid recommendation. They make good hardware and support it for a long time.

Advantech is always good but too expensive for me.

Avoid VIA. I bought one of their ITX mobo's back in the day for a firewall. Fast forward 10 years and I find out it had an actual hardware backdoor in it the whole time. I still have that POS in a box.

I try to not tell too many people about these because I buy them all the time and don't want the market to dry up, but a used dell wyse thin client is x86 and awesome for small jobs. If you shop around you can get a used one for $75 depending on the specs. New they are $500+, the specs vary a lot from 1.5Ghz up to 2.4Ghz. Some have USB 3.0, some only 2.0. They generally only have DVI or display port, but those are electrically compatible with HDMI so you can get a cable that has displayport to HDMI and you're good to go. Make sure of the hardware before you order, they vary in configuration a lot. They are fanless so they're perfect to set beside your TV.

[ - ] Splooge 3 points 3.5 yearsNov 5, 2021 22:08:33 ago (+3/-0)

I don’t understand anything being discussed but I just wanted to say it makes me happy to see so many advanced techgoats here.

[ - ] Yargiyankooli 1 point 3.5 yearsNov 5, 2021 21:56:37 ago (+1/-0)

I have used the rockpi 64. Works well.

[ - ] Broc_Liath 2 points 3.5 yearsNov 5, 2021 20:42:28 ago (+2/-0)

I remember back in the day RPi and arduino immediately came out virtue signalling against gamergate the moment it happened. Arduino eventually walked back on it when it turned into too much of a shitshow, I don't think RPi actually did.

Anyhow, if the board suits your project and you just don't want to give them money I'm pretty sure there's a billion generic versions on aliexpress that they don't get anything from.

[ - ] obscenity -1 points 3.5 yearsNov 5, 2021 19:50:05 ago (+1/-2)

esp32

[ - ] iSmokeMemes [op] 1 point 3.5 yearsNov 5, 2021 21:03:32 ago (+1/-0)

Thank you, both this and the Hardkernel site sark mentioned look good.

Looking forward to doing this little project some weekend soon.

[ - ] SithEmpire 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 6, 2021 04:32:13 ago (+0/-0)

The ESP32 is chinese and not a SBC, the equivalent RPi product being the Pico. It'll work for the usual GPIO/SPI/I2C stuff, but if you want proper networking as well then you'll need something with a Linux kernel.

[ - ] Beelzebub 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 6, 2021 06:14:04 ago (+0/-0)

My pops worked with the esp32 for a while but iirc he ditched it. Too much of a hassle to work with.

I've never needed anything more advanced than an arduino or one of its knock offs myself. All my coworkers who need higher speed use ARM M0+ but their licensing pisses me off.

[ - ] carrotcar 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 5, 2021 19:36:55 ago (+0/-0)

Unless you are using the gpio of the pi, there is no difference between the pi and any pc - in fact, the pc will be more powerful and have better options.

Refurbs are even more available than pis, and due to pi-holes price gouging, are more than a match $ for $.

There is pi desktop software that will run most everything the pi can (vnc server is not on the desktop version, is pi-only) so what you need may be quite accessible.

[ - ] iSmokeMemes [op] 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 5, 2021 20:27:15 ago (+0/-0)

Thank you, and I've considered this, but I need something small I can stuff behind the TV/Router. The small size is mostly why I'm looking into something like a Pi.

[ - ] carrotcar 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 5, 2021 20:50:25 ago (+0/-0)

https://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1194864&Sku=42625502

probably some cheaper models - this is about the size of a book

[ - ] uvulectomy 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 5, 2021 19:26:52 ago (+0/-0)

DNS filtering can pretty much run on any potato you have laying around. For bonus points, you can run Unbound as your recursive lookup server and point the filtering server to that.

Unbound gets its info directly from the root servers, so you're not using any ISP/Jewgle/CloudFag lookups. Each domain will take a second or so at first, but once it's cached it will be far faster than anything running outside your network.

[ - ] iSmokeMemes [op] 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 5, 2021 20:30:20 ago (+0/-0)

Thank you for recommending Unbound, I'll look into it. Last time I tried DNS filtering it caused a bit too many issues on first implementation (PiHole). I was on a trash router then as well, looking to try again for better results.

[ - ] heraclitus 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 5, 2021 19:11:16 ago (+0/-0)

Beagleboard or any ARM-based SBCs command higher prices in the market. Clients showing up with ard or pi are laughed at. If you are looking for one place to stake a flag, go with anything ARM Cortex.

[ - ] badkangaroo 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 5, 2021 22:31:48 ago (+0/-0)

https://beagleboard.org/ ya these are pretty fun to work with.

[ - ] Beelzebub 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 6, 2021 06:17:10 ago (+0/-0)

ARM really jews their users with software licensing bullshit. Essentially you can't use the hardware you bought from them unless you spend another $3000 on their bullshit IDE and another $300 on their usb tool.

[ - ] mikenigger 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 6, 2021 12:50:38 ago (+0/-0)

You don't need any of that, those are meant for big companies developing new hardware with ARM chips.

[ - ] Beelzebub 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 15, 2021 02:15:56 ago (+0/-0)

Pray tell how. Everything I've worked with had a 50kb limit without very expensive licensing. Keil, ARM, etc.

I rarely write firmware anymore though, so I wouldn't be surprised to be wrong.

[ - ] deleted 4 points 3.5 yearsNov 5, 2021 19:07:51 ago (+4/-0)

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[ - ] iSmokeMemes [op] 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 5, 2021 20:59:40 ago (+0/-0)

This looks very good, thank you.

[ - ] iSmokeMemes [op] 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 5, 2021 21:14:57 ago (+0/-0)

On the note about the SATA port, do you think there would be any (significant) benefit to moving my Samba drive to the SBC directly off the router versus hosting it on my HTPC in the living room?

Right now I'm just doing Samba from the HTPC over wifi, not sure if there'd be a significant performance gain moving the hard drive/server to the SBC attached directly to the router.

[ - ] deleted 0 points 3.2 yearsFeb 1, 2022 17:24:34 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] mikenigger 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 6, 2021 09:36:14 ago (+0/-0)

They also made the first Pi Zero-style board using the same chip before anyone else.

[ - ] thebearfromstartrack4 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 5, 2021 18:57:08 ago (+0/-0)

Shit should not be this complicated. It should be illegal to think of this.