I’ve been aware of pi-hole for a while now, but never bothered with it because I do most web browsing on a laptop where browser extensions like uBlock origin are good enough. However, with multiple streaming services starting to insert adds into my paid subscriptions, I’m looking to upgrade to a network blocker that will also cover the apps on my smart TV.

I run most of my self hosted services on a proxmox server, so I’d like something that’ll run as an LXC container or a VM. I’m also vaguely aware that various competing applications have come out since pi-hole first gained popularity. Is pi-hole still the best thing going, or are there better options?

    • shnizmuffin
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      610 months ago

      I have the LCARS theme for my HomeAssistant, which takes telemetry from PiHole.

      • @[email protected]
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        610 months ago

        Now we just need a locally hosted voice assistant with “computer” as the wake word.

        • shnizmuffin
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          110 months ago

          The complicated one, ha-lcars. It takes a while to get things looking good - looks like total trash out of the box, actually.

          • Deebster
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            210 months ago

            Could you share a screenshot of your final result?

              • Deebster
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                310 months ago

                Oh yeah, that looks much better than any of the included themes. Nice work!

              • Apathy Tree
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                310 months ago

                I enjoy that it reminds me of a Star Trek console.

                Probably by design but all the same.

                • @[email protected]
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                  210 months ago

                  That’s what LCARS means, it’s the name of the computer console in Star Trek. In the show, it stands for “Library Computer Access and Retrieval System” although it’s often used for stuff other than the library computer too.

                  • Apathy Tree
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                    310 months ago

                    I’ve watched all the series and had no idea.

                    Thanks for explaining!