Ask HN: How are you using Raspberry Pi or other SBCs?

2 points by ghoul2 4y ago ↗ HN

What sort of applications are you using your Raspberry Pi or other SBCs, in your home or at work. Desktop for limited use to look things up in the garage/workshop? Media server? How do you set them up? How often do you/have to rebuild them or otherwise spend time maintaining them? How frequently do you upgrade hardware and what causes you to upgrade?

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DamonHD 4y ago ↗

Primary (off-grid) Web, mail, DNS, etc, server: replaced a whole rack of (Sun) server equipment. Now several iterations in:

http://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-Raspberry-Pi-3-setup.html

Probably somewhat overdue un upgrade to get onto a newer OS but not newer h/w since too power hungry.

Here's the software side:

https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals-56.html

simonblack 4y ago ↗

I have a headless Pi4B as a web server plus UPS controller. I log in via ssh or VNC Viewer (if I think of it). It has a substantial passive heatsink, runs about 40-45 degrees C.

"If it works. don't fix it" - I intend it to run happily until it dies, so no hardware upgrades necessary. Been running over 12 months so far.