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Alot of us who have a Raspberry Pi 3 or 4 might upgrade to the Raspberry Pi 5.

Doing so would leave us with 2 Pi's. What are some great use cases for the older Pi, that would no longer be the main machine?

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you use the Pi for now?

I had a bunch of Pi 3Bs sitting around, so I made piholes for a few friends and family, I made a dedicated MAME emulator that I never have time to play, and I gave one to each of my kids to learn about computers and linux. I also use one for work as a linux test environment for our software, but the 3 hardware doesn't really keep up.

[–] themurphy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Right now I use it for:

  • PiHole
  • Plex/Jellyfin
  • WireGuard VPN
  • Sonarr/Radarr and all that follows.

I would consider giving it away to family for the same purpose. Thanks for the suggestion!