What are the best projects for a Raspberry Pi?

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Best projects for a Raspberry Pi	Price	Platforms	Blocking
-- Pi-hole	FREE	Router / Local Hardware	All configured Networks/ Network-wide
-- Kodi	0	-	-
-- RetroPie	0	-	-
-- Handheld Linux Terminal (V2)	$120	-	-

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score 1 · Answer 1

Pi-hole

Top Con

Requires some advanced devOps skills

The tutorial and installation is pretty straight-forward but requires some technical chops to install. You should be comfortable with the Linux command line. See More

Top Pro

Blocks ads for all network devices and browsers

No need to install blockers at the browser or OS level. Pi-hole works at the DNS (network) level so you only have to maintain and manage one authority. See More

StrongKamrusepa's Experience

Works really well with cheap DNS server like Raspberry Pi. See More

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Platforms:Router / Local Hardware

Blocking:All configured Networks/ Network-wide

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score 5 · Answer 2

Kodi

Top Pro

Music streaming

Spotify is quite hacky to get working, so I wouldn't recommend that. However, they have plenty of supported music stations and channels to choose from. See More

Top Con

Difficult to setup

Setup needs a bit of work. Some functions like youtube is very hacky. Confusing to add stuff at first and a weird learning curve to use. See More

RodDavis's Experience

It does work pretty well for the things that I wanted to use it for. Stream music and look at the weather. There are options for adding TV station support and some different web apps. I was using a Raspberry Pi 4 model B See More

Top Pro

Customizable

UI is customizable See More

Top Con

Terrible navigation

Menus over menus with dozens of submenus. See More

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score 3 · Answer 3

RetroPie

Based On:Debian/Raspian

Default Desktop Environment:EmulationStation

Package Manager:Debian Package Manager

OS Family:GNU+Linux

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Handheld Linux Terminal (V2)

Top Pro

Instructions easy to understand

The instructions include a video, and following along step by step is easy to do. See More

Top Con

You will be cutting up your Pi

To make this device, it requires you remove some of the ports and rewire them. In effect you will be rearranging how your Pi works, and it will require some advanced electronic knowledge to put it back to it's default state. See More

Top Con

Small screen size

at 3.5 inches, the screen for the project is tiny, and may be hard to use for older individuals. See More

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What are the best projects for a Raspberry Pi?

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Pi-hole

My Recommendation for Pi-hole

My Recommendation for Pi-hole

Requires some advanced devOps skills

Blocks ads for all network devices and browsers

Kodi

My Recommendation for Kodi

My Recommendation for Kodi

Music streaming

Difficult to setup

Customizable

Terrible navigation

RetroPie

My Recommendation for RetroPie

My Recommendation for RetroPie

Handheld Linux Terminal (V2)

My Recommendation for Handheld Linux Terminal (V2)

My Recommendation for Handheld Linux Terminal (V2)

Instructions easy to understand

You will be cutting up your Pi

Small screen size

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