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Pi-Hole or something else for network ad blocking? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by plenipotentprotogod@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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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?

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[-] aniki@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago

I have the LCARs theme for my PiHole.

All other details are irrelevant.

[-] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 6 points 10 months ago

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

[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 6 points 10 months ago

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

[-] aniki@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

OOh which theme are you using? I keep forgetting to set that up. I remember looking into it and it was more involved for the time I was looking at it.

[-] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 1 points 10 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@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

Could you share a screenshot of your final result?

[-] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 7 points 10 months ago

I've only got one interface done at the moment:

[-] Deebster@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

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

Probably by design but all the same.

[-] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 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.

[-] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

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

Thanks for explaining!

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