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Re: Pi-hole v6

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Post by chgs »

kube-system wrote: post #107
chgs wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m not sure why I’d ever want DoH, I block as much as I can at my firewall and have a canary domain. I want my devices to use my defined dns sever on my network, not some ad company (and all tech companies eventually become ad companies)

People use DoH/DoT so that their upstream DNS lookups are not transmitted in plaintext across the open internet. You can do this and still run your own DNS server on your network. The parent commenter is asking about Pihole with DoH, which is exactly this.

DoT sure. The whole “tunnel everything over http” is a terrible pattern

Re: Pi-hole v6

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Post by adornKey »

RandomDistort wrote: post #63
progbits wrote: post #54

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Is there an equivalent of DDWRT/OpenWRT but for TVs? Most often those are some embedded linux board running some Android fork, shouldn't there be some TV models on the market that are a good hardware/price deal with firmware that can be replaced? Even something that just permanently shows HDMI input with no popup overlays would be good, but AOSP + VLC/Jellyfin would be even nicer.

Isn't a TV that permanently shows HDMI input a big monitor? Weirdly they always seem to be more expensive than a TV though.

One difference between Monitors and TV used to be that Monitors used RGB Subpixel-Layout and TVs used BGR. (i.e. TV panels are upside down)

Configuring subpixel-layout per monitor is something that most OS won't allow. So if you use several monitors, you usually have to mount the BGR-ones upside down. (Otherwise fonts will be blurry...)

For some time now there are really cheap 4K Monitors with BGR-layout available. If you mount those upside down you're fine... (I use LG 4K Monitors mounted upside down in combination with other screens)

Re: Pi-hole v6

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Post by yard2010 »

_fat_santa wrote: post #17

Pi-hole is a killer application and I've loved it since I got it setup. One other app I highly recommend to run on your Pi in addition to Pi-hole is Nginx Proxy Manager[1]. [1]: https://nginxproxymanager.com/

Nginx Proxy Manager is a great piece of software!

Re: Pi-hole v6

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Post by close04 »

lotharcable2 wrote: post #121
progbits wrote: post #54

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Is there an equivalent of DDWRT/OpenWRT but for TVs? Most often those are some embedded linux board running some Android fork, shouldn't there be some TV models on the market that are a good hardware/price deal with firmware that can be replaced? Even something that just permanently shows HDMI input with no popup overlays would be good, but AOSP + VLC/Jellyfin would be even nicer.

> Is there an equivalent of DDWRT/OpenWRT but for TVs? Get a used mini-pc, install Linux on it, and don't allow the TV to connect to any networks. This is a 50-75 dollar solution. Good if you are on a budget and are not interested in any wiz-bang features like HDR. There are a few TV-dedicated Linux systems out there, like libreElEC. Or get a more powerful system with a AMD GPU and install Bazzite on it. That way you…

> Get a used mini-pc, install Linux on it

As someone who tried that route I'd strongly recommend against it for anyone who isn't core HN audience or just loves tinkering. You're much better off with an Apple TV or an Nvidia Shield unless you really want the "beefy gaming media center".

I walked the mini-PC/RPi road and they came up short every time even for me, let alone the rest of the family. Even when I put in place the perfectly optimized initial setup I was still left with a bad compromise of performance, power consumption, noise, boot time, ergonomics, and the constant trickle of things breaking down or needing tweaking because of some update.

When trying to watch a movie with the family the last thing I want is to troubleshoot random issues.

Re: Pi-hole v6

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Post by bilalel »

10729287 wrote: post #227
bilalel wrote: post #223

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Do you mind sharing your blocklist for youtube? It has been a challenging one so far.

Not OP but we can assume when he's talking about blocking Youtube, he's in fact blocking youtube for his kids, not Youtube ads. Pi-hole can't block Youtube ads as they are delivered by the same servers as content. Then you can't block one without blocking the other.

My comment wasn't clear. I was indeed referring to blocking youtube completely, not just ads on youtube.

Re: Pi-hole v6

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Post by b3lvedere »

close04 wrote: post #234
lotharcable2 wrote: post #121

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> Is there an equivalent of DDWRT/OpenWRT but for TVs? Get a used mini-pc, install Linux on it, and don't allow the TV to connect to any networks. This is a 50-75 dollar solution. Good if you are on a budget and are not interested in any wiz-bang features like HDR. There are a few TV-dedicated Linux systems out there, like libreElEC. Or get a more powerful system with a AMD GPU and install Bazzite on it. That way you…

> Get a used mini-pc, install Linux on it As someone who tried that route I'd strongly recommend against it for anyone who isn't core HN audience or just loves tinkering. You're much better off with an Apple TV or an Nvidia Shield unless you really want the "beefy gaming media center". I walked the mini-PC/RPi road and they came up short every time even for me, let alone the rest of the family. Even when I put in pla…

I've had a MSI Trident functioning as a gaming/HTPC computer for years and the family loves it. They know how to browse the various streaming services and use Steam and Kodi.

Re: Pi-hole v6

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Post by zaudo »

master_crab wrote: post #162
jimsmart wrote: post #103

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> What's more likely though is that you just point your router's DNS setting to Pi-hole, and in that case there is only one client on the Pi-hole dashboard - your router. That depends entirely on what capabilities your router has. Many routers have a setting for the DNS info they give to clients via DHCP, which would mean every client is indeed using PiHole directly for DNS resolution. Other less capable routers, onl…

And if your gateway device is configurable enough you can ban or redirect port 53 requests (DNS) to whatever machine you would like to use to serve up resolution.

This is exactly what I do with my Unifi router, but still all I see in Pi-hole is the router making the DNS requests.

Re: Pi-hole v6

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Post by opengears »

if you are on openwrt i can recommend checking out unbound and adblock as alternatives (running directlly on your routers without the need of a raspberry pi)

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Post by izacus »

lukevp wrote: post #168
alabastervlog wrote: post #127

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I've had a little insight into this world. To make the BOM costs work at the retail prices they charge for things like common set-top streaming boxes (e.g. Roku) and, now, TVs themselves since they incorporate the same stuff, they have to be selling data. Otherwise they're selling at a loss, once you factor in middleman margins and such. You can try to compete by charging a reasonable amount for your hardware and sof…

Or you buy an Apple TV, that’s priced appropriately with its capabilities and doesn’t thieve everything from your network and your house.

You'll be plugging your AppleTV into that data collecting TV device because you won't pay more for it.

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Post by alimbada »

ed_mercer wrote: post #183
hk1337 wrote: post #42

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I have had many times click an article link on reddit where everyone in the post comments complains about how the site is riddled with ads that it makes it unreadable and all I see is the article with a lot of whitespace.

Can’t you just use uBlock for this?

You can't use uBlock everywhere, .e.g phones, tablets, TVs.
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