As a complete beginner, what can I do with a raspberry pi 4b?

I’m basically completely new to networking and currently setting up a NAS. I have this raspberry pi 4b that I got but now can’t think of a use case for it…

Any ideas of something that is very useful to host or have running on the pi4b?

Edit: I’m a complete beginner, and will use trunas on another server with jellyfin so my raspberry pi gets blown raspberries atm 👎

  • Schlemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    26·
    1 day ago

    I’m running Home Assistant on mine at the moment. It’s amazing. Really. Apart from being an great smart home solution I’ve found it a good solution to create dashboards for life.

    I have set up our family calendar, train schedules that change routes depending on the time. Waste collection notifications. It warns me to get a raincoat and umbrella in the morning. I get news headlines for my interests…

    Before that I’ve tried a lot. It was my first step into home labbing 2 years ago. It brought me back to my youth. Breaking the family computer and trying to fix it before anyone noticing it.

    Most of the stuff I ran used Docker.

    • Joplin notes
    • Mealie
    • Immich
    • Authentic
    • Wanderer
    • Homarr
    • pihole
    • portainer

    Within a year I grew out of my pi setup and bought a second hand mini Lenovo that now runs Proxmox. Minor investment, huge upgrade. Moved away from dockers also.

    The pi is a fun gateway drug.

    • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      21 hours ago

      Big +1 for second hand corporate mini PCs

      They’re cheaper and better in every way than the Pi

      Only get the Pi if you need a specific HAT or GPIO. And even then get a zero.

      • AtariDump@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        22 hours ago

        Only get the Pi if you need a specific HAT or GPIO. And even then get a zero.

        Or if you want to run the machine via PoE.