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    For any tinkerers out there with a Raspberry Pi lying around, converting it into an ad-blocking and tracker-blocking DNS provider for your home network is a pretty handy use for it. I had an old media server unit not being used and wiped it last night in favour of Pi-Hole from Github, and man browsing ad-filled sites seems much quicker, and it has not slowed network performance at all. Installation took about 20-30 minutes.

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    • Is it difficult using a vpn with this?scarabin
    • I might as well do this today. I keep putting it offscarabin
    • quick search indicates setting VPN's DNS to Pi-Hole and configuring Pi-Hole's upstream DNS provider to VPN provider's DNS makes it work and avoids DNS leaksBuddhaHat
    • Or get a decent router what can run openwrt, a whole new world is going to open up :D
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    • like I said I had it lying around :P when I move into my new place I hope to install new Ubiquiti hardware and will have support for that kind of thingBuddhaHat
    • There's also the "hosts" file method, https://someonewhoca…
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