His old 50 euro mini PC now blocks ads at home

He dug out a forgotten 50 euro mini PC and put Linux and Pi-hole on it. With the AI and community lists, it now blocks more than 3 million advertising and telemetry domains.

How it works

Dusts off a forgotten 50 euro mini PC
Installs Linux and Pi-hole with AI's help
Loads community block lists
More than 3 million ad and telemetry domains are blocked

Why it’s worth knowing

No Raspberry Pi needed. A mini PC he had forgotten he owned now filters his whole home network.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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