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The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee... (www.pandasecurity.com)
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The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee...::We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

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[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you already have a Linux/BSD server, say Nextcloud, HomeAssistant, etc, you could just use a container instead of a Pi.

[–] Rosco@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't own a server yet, that's why I'm planning to get a Pi to get the seedbox running and do some other fun projects.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Much as I love Pis and ARM, unless you are doing something with GPIOs/hardware, you might be better off getting a second hand thin client PC, like a Dell Wyse.

[–] Rosco@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I was actually thinking of buying a ThinkCentre or an Optiplex, but I'll have to see. It's just a project that I have for the moment. It would be fun to tinker with the hardware of the Pi though, I've seen so many cool stuff you can do with it.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yer Pis are good for lots of stuff, just not such great home servers. Bit under powered for the money and not good for disks. I'm still a bit grumpy they aren't more of a normal ARM device with U-Boot. Yes I know you can add U-Boot, but it has it's own (closed) fat boot loader, rather than something minimal as normal.

[–] Rosco@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah clearly not the optimal choice here, but I think it's enough for my use-case. The form factor is also something I can appreciate, as I move around quite a bit. When I'll get a more permanent home, I'll definitively take something more appropriate

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'd say the form factor, assuming a big USB disk attached, is less portable than a single box, but what ever works for you. But whatever works for you. Just trying to stop draw e-waste of Pis bought for the wrong job.

[–] Rosco@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's a perfectly valid concern, there's a lot of PIs out there that are dust collectors or paper weights unfortunately. You know what, If I can find an second-hand Optiplex or ThinkCentre for cheap maybe i'll use that instead!

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago

For server use, I sadly think that is wise.