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What's a fun project to work on with the Raspberry Pi? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml to c/selfhosted@lemmy.ml

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I thought about using my Raspberry Pi 3 B+ as a NextCloud server, but research told me it would be too slow to be useful. Any cool useful projects I can do, without any extra purchases? I'm extremely low on money currently.

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[–] nuII@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

As a FREE* VPN:

Get a good weatherproof enclosure for your PI, a solar panel, and a power bank. Configure it to automatically connect to any open WiFi networks (via bash script and cron) and then use said connection remotely as your own free VPN. Be sure to put the PI in a good remote area where it won't be messed with, I'd suggest somewhere up high if possible, also if you're using it for not so legal purposes I'd suggest doing it somewhere far away from your main base of operations.

* FREE after initial hardware investments.