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?

  • shnizmuffinEnglish
    60·
    9 months ago

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

    • RobotToasterEnglish
      60·
      9 months ago

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

      • shnizmuffinEnglish
        10·
        9 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
          English
          20·
          9 months ago

          Could you share a screenshot of your final result?

            • Apathy TreeEnglish
              30·
              9 months ago

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

              Probably by design but all the same.

              • cecilkorikEnglish
                20·
                9 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 TreeEnglish
                  30·
                  9 months ago

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

                  Thanks for explaining!

            • Deebster
              English
              30·
              9 months ago

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