WikiWirral Wirral's Biggest Online Forum
Forum Statistics
Forums65
Topics76,347
Posts1,033,259
Members14,550
Most Online16,551
Feb 2nd, 2024
Who's Online Now
9 members (3 invisible), 10,094 guests, and 611 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters
sunnyside 45,164
MattLFC 22,315
Mark 21,269
granny 17,788
_Ste_ 16,345
Newest Members
JohnC, Luke2307, jharwood, TamTam, mrbigglesworth
14,550 Registered Users
New General Forums
Do we need Trident?
by derekdwc - 20th Jan 2016 1:11pm
New Wirral History
Tall Brick Chimneys
by diggingdeeper - 16th Mar 2024 11:56am
D.I.Y. / Building Shop
by mharford91 - 3rd Mar 2024 8:53pm
Looking for Joneses
by Markjon88 - 11th Apr 2019 7:06am
1970's Murder in Central Park, Wallasey
by cutespam - 4th Aug 2018 10:28am
Oleo Works
by Ducko - 14th May 2008 3:09pm
Top Posters(30 Days)
granny 15
casper 14
bri445 4
Topic Replies
This is Elvis
by GingerTom - 17th Mar 2024 2:37pm
Tall Brick Chimneys
by diggingdeeper - 16th Mar 2024 12:20pm
Gaza
by granny - 15th Mar 2024 10:13pm
Get your Money Tree ready
by StellaSimmons - 11th Mar 2024 11:50am
D.I.Y. / Building Shop
by bri445 - 4th Mar 2024 5:54pm
Xbox
by TudorBlue - 3rd Mar 2024 8:48pm
Restaurant/pub with outdoor seating - Bromborough
by Abakumss - 2nd Mar 2024 3:52pm
Oleo Works
by diggingdeeper - 1st Mar 2024 11:51pm
Wiper mechanism needed
by Gibbo - 28th Feb 2024 12:29pm
March
M T W T F S S
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Top Likes Received (30 Days)
casper 1
Top Likes Received
bert1 14
Mark 4
granny 3
casper 3
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
#1077410 19th May 2020 12:31am
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 14,334
Likes: 18
Wiki Master
OP Offline
Wiki Master
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 14,334
Likes: 18
Anyone play?

I have a Zero W and two Pi 4s running.

Initially bought the Zero W for a xmas light project but ran out of time and had to cheat with an easier system. It is set up as an apache lan server purely to use PHP remotely - I guess it could be done via SSH instead of using a server but one familiar step at a time.

Got the two Pi 4s recently, one as a desktop which I've been using for a few days and the other as an apache internet server which has been on soak test for a week or so.

Both the Pi 4s are running off external hard drives with SD initial boot.

Found loads of niggles and no doubt will find many more as both Raspbian and Debian seem to be in transition.


We don't do charity in Germany, we pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn

https://ddue.uk
Google Ads
diggingdeeper #1077413 19th May 2020 6:36am
Joined: Jun 2019
Posts: 103
Enthusiast
Offline
Enthusiast
Joined: Jun 2019
Posts: 103
Hi D.D.
I’ve read your above post several times, and each time I’m more and more confused and it made less and less sense to me, initially I thought it might be code or some version of Esperanto, but then I realised I’m just thick. Anyway, I hope you enjoy whatever it is you’re talking about .

diggingdeeper #1077414 19th May 2020 7:41am
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 14,334
Likes: 18
Wiki Master
OP Offline
Wiki Master
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 14,334
Likes: 18
Lol, it’s in the anorak section for a reason.


We don't do charity in Germany, we pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn

https://ddue.uk
diggingdeeper #1077424 19th May 2020 10:19am
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 7
Beginner
Offline
Beginner
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 7
I used the raspi 2 With a cheap SDR to make a shortwave listening/scanner radio set up for a while in a similar vein to this websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901 although nowhere near as advanced.

The pi2 lacked the processing oomph to run it standalone-the data had to be streamed to PC or tablet for audio decoding. I believe you could make a stand-alone system using a pi3 or later.

It was a good project for learning more about Linux as I am pretty unfamiliar with it.

diggingdeeper #1077431 19th May 2020 3:19pm
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 14,334
Likes: 18
Wiki Master
OP Offline
Wiki Master
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 14,334
Likes: 18
I've thought about getting into radio stuff again but I'm busy enough with too many other projects, got a cheapo Baofeng not long ago for business use as I hold a business licence. Not played with a proper SDR, although RF electronics was my initial trade.

I used to be a certified Unix System Administrator many moons ago but haven't really followed the Linux progression, its certainly moved on a lot from my Unix days. Debian appears pretty untidy at the moment with config files held all over the place, some over-ride others so you wonder why an edit doesn't affect anything etc etc. Its an interesting challenge.

The Pi4 is pretty nifty, for the size of it and power draw of around 10W its remarkable, needs cooling, I'm managing to keep my CPU under 60 degrees when its flat out with careful passive cooling, normally sits between 40 and 50C even under reasonably heavy usage.

I've got to find a faster way of programming the SD cards, that is tediously annoying, there must be a better way than using a disk image. The prototype 64-bit Raspbian is available which improves speed

I've also loaded up Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Windows 10 with the cut down Debian on that, that runs a lot differently from what I expected and is worth a little play.


We don't do charity in Germany, we pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn

https://ddue.uk
diggingdeeper #1077451 20th May 2020 11:00am
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 750
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 750
I just use my 3b for PiHole, as basic samba file server and as a music server to play my own music on for my Echos.

I am looking at a Pi4 for a big screen emulation option. The nVidia Shield is not the diamond in the rough for emulation that people claimed it was.

Last edited by rhoobarb2002; 20th May 2020 11:02am.
diggingdeeper #1077458 20th May 2020 3:02pm
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 8,972
Wiki Guardian
Offline
Wiki Guardian
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 8,972
My head's hurting smile

Dilly #1077463 20th May 2020 4:22pm
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 14,334
Likes: 18
Wiki Master
OP Offline
Wiki Master
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 14,334
Likes: 18
Originally Posted by rhoobarb2002
I just use my 3b for PiHole, as basic samba file server and as a music server to play my own music on for my Echos.

I am looking at a Pi4 for a big screen emulation option. The nVidia Shield is not the diamond in the rough for emulation that people claimed it was.


Fine on Pihole its a popular use.

I'm trying to get my head round the various firewall options before risking any local file servery type things. I know the router takes care of most firewall stuff but I like a second line of defence for personal material.

I have a NAT drive but don't use it as such because it got a bit confused with large files and corrupted some things so currently it is just a USB drive used for backups - switching it off when not in use is the ultimate firewall.

H264 work really well on my Pi4s but I'm only using them on monitors at 1440 X 900, I haven't tried them at 4K yet,

It is amazing how versatile these little things are.

Originally Posted by Dilly
My head's hurting smile


So is mine ..... that's part of the fun of trying to sort these things out.


We don't do charity in Germany, we pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn

https://ddue.uk
diggingdeeper #1077489 21st May 2020 5:32pm
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 1,315
Forum Addict
Offline
Forum Addict
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 1,315
What a great topic!!! I have several pi’s although I’ve used Pihole which I thought was great, I’ve tried emulation amongst other things but I can’t seem to find a niche that only a pi can do!

One thing I have been getting in to lately though is Unraid and docker containers. Well worth a look if you have any spare pc hardware!

diggingdeeper #1077500 21st May 2020 8:57pm
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 14,334
Likes: 18
Wiki Master
OP Offline
Wiki Master
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 14,334
Likes: 18
I'd not even come across Unraid so that's a new one on me.

Docker I keep seeing but I haven't quite got a grasp of what it actually achieves, that is probably more down to not matching what I need, I just see it as a program-server/sandboxy type setup of which I'd have little use? Plus I'm way past my sell-by date of leaning anything hugely different from what I already grasp.

While I'm highly tempted to experiment more, at the moment I'm just trying to get stable systems together to do the basics I need.


We don't do charity in Germany, we pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn

https://ddue.uk
diggingdeeper #1077542 22nd May 2020 9:17pm
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 1,315
Forum Addict
Offline
Forum Addict
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 1,315
The thing I love most about docker is this:

On my server I will run Windows os I install a torrret client, sonar, radar, cctv software, unzipping, video compression etc. If I get a windows bsod then I lose everything.

With unraid and docker you have unraid os running on a usb stick. You then run the sandbox micro Linux is with torrent, another with ole, another for cctv etc. If one container breaks then you reinstall it. Have parity drive so less chance of data loss from your large storage drives.

All in all. I love it!


Moderated by  Mark 

Link Copied to Clipboard
Random Wirral Images

Click to View Topic.
Newest Topics
Tall Brick Chimneys
by diggingdeeper - 16th Mar 2024 11:56am
D.I.Y. / Building Shop
by mharford91 - 3rd Mar 2024 8:53pm
Xbox
by TudorBlue - 3rd Mar 2024 8:48pm
Possible Cause of Dementia
by diggingdeeper - 22nd Feb 2024 2:08am
Wiper mechanism needed
by Peter0787 - 20th Feb 2024 4:07pm
For Sale & Free
This is Elvis
by GingerTom - 17th Mar 2024 2:37pm
Member Spotlight
Gibbo
Gibbo
Formby
Posts: 2,282
Joined: December 2010
Today's Birthdays
There are no members with birthdays on this day.
New Wirral Info
Get your Money Tree ready
by keef666 - 22nd Mar 2023 12:27pm
Restaurant/pub with outdoor seating - Bromborough
by CarterUSM - 7th Aug 2020 7:59pm
Floral pavilion promo code?
by TheComputerLab - 31st Dec 2018 2:11pm
News : New Topics
Gaza
by diggingdeeper - 29th Oct 2023 9:28am
New Enthusiast Forums
Xbox
by TudorBlue - 3rd Mar 2024 8:48pm
Possible Cause of Dementia
by diggingdeeper - 22nd Feb 2024 2:08am
Wiper mechanism needed
by Peter0787 - 20th Feb 2024 4:07pm
Popular Topics(Views)
5,067,094 WIKI WALK CHAT
4,011,047 Spotted!
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5