Author: ezradharris
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Pi-hole – Raspberry Pi Project
Awhile back, I heard about a raspberry pi project called Pi-hole, which is basically a network-wide adblocker. The way it works is that when a page like an example speedtest.net has a lot of ads on its main page. Which speedtest.net asks the ad provider for the content to display, but what Pi-Hole does is…
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Retro-Pi – Raspberry Pi Project
Recently I heard about an OS called Retro-Pi, which is an OS for playing retro games. At first, I thought that it would come pre-installed with some games like PacMan, discovered, unfortunately, it does not come with pre-installed games. But you can download ROM files online and upload them to the SD card, which the raspberry…
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Motion Eye OS – Raspberry Pi Project
Recently for Christmas, I had received three Raspberry Pi zero’s. Since then, I had not done anything with them. Until yesterday, when I found out about a camera OS for Raspberry Pi, called ‘Motion Eye OS,’ I looked up some tutorials and got started installing it. First, I prepared an SD Card, formatted it, and…
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Setting up Ethernet
I have heard from most computer professionals that ethernet is much better than using wifi for home computers because of the speed compared to wifi speeds. Today, I installed an Ethernet switch underneath my desk. First, I ordered an Ethernet switch from amazon (Amazon Link), and then I also ordered a 15 foot long cat7…