Raspberry Pi Ideas

Jonod2977

Jonod2977

Jonod2977

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Hey Guys,

Cut a long story short, i ordered a raspberry pi a couple of months ago and they ended up messing up my order and sent me 2 instead.

Currently have one connected to my tv for films and internet etc.

Not too sure what to do with the other one. was considering a file sharing server but open to suggestions

Has anyone got any ideas in what i could use it for?

Thanks

Jono
 
Attach the biggest USB drive you have. Install OwnCloud and make the folder a Samba share. Set up a port forward or static route from your router to your RPI. Finish off by getting a free dynamic DNS URL. Your raspberry pi is now both an insanely low power NAS and a free <whatever size USB drive you installed> DropBox/iCloud etc which you can access anywhere, anytime for pretty much unlimited backup.

You won't be using much CPU either, so if you ever do web development add a web server and save yourself money on a test VPS. If you do any development of any type, throw a GIT repository on there, too. And finally set up a VPN connection, so that you can still watch Top Gear on iPlayer next time you're on holiday abroad. It sounds like a lot to do, but if you remember that most of these services would be idle most of the time, and you're unlikely to use more than 1 of them at a time, you'd be amazed what these little boards can do.

My other suggestion is to add XMBC for films and as an Airplay server, but you seem to have that covered. Or you could get really ambitious and start doing some home automation, make a car PC, convert it into an autopilot for a model plane.... there are loads of potential uses.
 
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I was thinking of installing a honeypot onto my spare one and dropping it in the DMZ of my home network, would be interesting to see what hits it :)
 
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