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Pi-hole released a new version – called v6. It offers several benefits (see Introducing Pi-hole v6) as well as using an internal webserver. This leads to a change in the installation process within DietPi. This blog post gives an installation description to see how easy it is achievable using DietPi.The fresh Pi-hole v6 installation as […]
Searching for a lightweight and powerful cloud storage system for a DietPi system which is easier to handle than Nextcloud? With File Browser we offer a solution for this purpose! This post describes its benefits, the installation and the basic configuration/management options. File Browser is so easy to use that no user documentation for the […]
The Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol that allows users to access files over a network as if they were on a local disk. Developed by Sun Microsystems in 1984, NFS provides a way to share directories and files with others over a network. NFS is widely used in UNIX and […]
This is the second post in a row of several ones dealing with DietPi’s WiFi functionality.It describes the option of a gateway from a WiFi area to a (local) LAN. The WiFi HotSpot of DietPi gives an easy to use subordinated WiFi subnet routet to a superimposed Ethernet LAN. Sometimes an inverse functionality is needed: […]
This is a first post in a row of several ones dealing with DietPi’s WiFi functionality.It describes the options of an Ad blocker extension like AdGuard Home resp. Pi-hole and how to combine it with your DietPi WiFi HotSpot. The WiFi HotSpot of DietPi gives an easy to use subordinated WiFi subnet routet to a […]
Part 5: Redundancy tasks. The first four posts “Using a RAID system with DietPi – part 1“, “– part 2“, “– part 3” and “– part 4” dealt with the setup of, the access to, the management/diagnosis and the maintenance tasks of a RAID system with an example of a RAID 5. This blog post […]
Linux offers the option of logical volumes, these are disk arrays which form larger single volumes. A software package for this purpose is called lvm2 and can be used in a DietPi system.This post shows how to generate a logical volume and use resp. manage it using the lvm2 package. Table of contents 1. Introduction […]
Thin clients are typically PC based systems which are often outphased due to their limited resources compared to the actual needs, e.g. in Windows environments. This thin client hardware can be re-used in a kind of a “second life” to serve as a Linux hardware. Especially, DietPi with its lightweight approach is a good choice […]
Part 4: RAID maintenance. The first three posts “Using a RAID system with DietPi – part 1”, “- part 2” and “- part 3” dealt with the setup of, the access to and the management/diagnosis of a RAID system with an example of a RAID 5. This blog post deals with the maintenance tasks, e.g. […]
This blog post gives an overview about what can actually be done with a system consisting of the brand new RISC-V single board computer VisionFive 2 from StarFive. The article will be updated whenever new insights and findings are present.
