Any actually useful uses for Raspberry Pi and alternative sbc?

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  • wireguard-install

    WireGuard road warrior installer for Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, CentOS and Fedora (by Nyr)

  • So I got a Libre AML-S905X-CC (Le Potato) to play around with but all the ideas I see online are about emulating games, running a nas, running ad blocker, vpn server, 3d printer, website hosting. All these just seem like these would be better to run on an actual server or the ideas are lame, basic, and overused. I just want some useful things that only these single board computers can do to justify their purpose. I like stuff like the PiKVM or wireless usb like VirtualHere. The Arduino has their spot for robotics and what not, but what do SBC have to offer besides being small and broad purpose? Stuff like can I make it auto start my car in the morning, attached it to a pcie port on my pc, make a cellular wifi hotspot modem thing, make a smart tv, make a robot with AI, bypass wifi router settings, make a smart door deadbolt or smart window blinds, AI caht bots, transmit landline calls to the internet, drones with facial recognition, spy balloons, kiss under the bicycle racks in walmart, watch the rat movie that cooks food, ratatoot toot, overthrow the government? Those types of ideas are stuff I see as useful but also I want to look up later if those are something that exists already.

  • Open and cheap DIY IP-KVM based on Raspberry Pi

    Open and inexpensive DIY IP-KVM based on Raspberry Pi

  • So I got a Libre AML-S905X-CC (Le Potato) to play around with but all the ideas I see online are about emulating games, running a nas, running ad blocker, vpn server, 3d printer, website hosting. All these just seem like these would be better to run on an actual server or the ideas are lame, basic, and overused. I just want some useful things that only these single board computers can do to justify their purpose. I like stuff like the PiKVM or wireless usb like VirtualHere. The Arduino has their spot for robotics and what not, but what do SBC have to offer besides being small and broad purpose? Stuff like can I make it auto start my car in the morning, attached it to a pcie port on my pc, make a cellular wifi hotspot modem thing, make a smart tv, make a robot with AI, bypass wifi router settings, make a smart door deadbolt or smart window blinds, AI caht bots, transmit landline calls to the internet, drones with facial recognition, spy balloons, kiss under the bicycle racks in walmart, watch the rat movie that cooks food, ratatoot toot, overthrow the government? Those types of ideas are stuff I see as useful but also I want to look up later if those are something that exists already.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • Pi-hole

    A black hole for Internet advertisements

  • So I got a Libre AML-S905X-CC (Le Potato) to play around with but all the ideas I see online are about emulating games, running a nas, running ad blocker, vpn server, 3d printer, website hosting. All these just seem like these would be better to run on an actual server or the ideas are lame, basic, and overused. I just want some useful things that only these single board computers can do to justify their purpose. I like stuff like the PiKVM or wireless usb like VirtualHere. The Arduino has their spot for robotics and what not, but what do SBC have to offer besides being small and broad purpose? Stuff like can I make it auto start my car in the morning, attached it to a pcie port on my pc, make a cellular wifi hotspot modem thing, make a smart tv, make a robot with AI, bypass wifi router settings, make a smart door deadbolt or smart window blinds, AI caht bots, transmit landline calls to the internet, drones with facial recognition, spy balloons, kiss under the bicycle racks in walmart, watch the rat movie that cooks food, ratatoot toot, overthrow the government? Those types of ideas are stuff I see as useful but also I want to look up later if those are something that exists already.

  • OctoPrint

    OctoPrint is the snappy web interface for your 3D printer!

  • So I got a Libre AML-S905X-CC (Le Potato) to play around with but all the ideas I see online are about emulating games, running a nas, running ad blocker, vpn server, 3d printer, website hosting. All these just seem like these would be better to run on an actual server or the ideas are lame, basic, and overused. I just want some useful things that only these single board computers can do to justify their purpose. I like stuff like the PiKVM or wireless usb like VirtualHere. The Arduino has their spot for robotics and what not, but what do SBC have to offer besides being small and broad purpose? Stuff like can I make it auto start my car in the morning, attached it to a pcie port on my pc, make a cellular wifi hotspot modem thing, make a smart tv, make a robot with AI, bypass wifi router settings, make a smart door deadbolt or smart window blinds, AI caht bots, transmit landline calls to the internet, drones with facial recognition, spy balloons, kiss under the bicycle racks in walmart, watch the rat movie that cooks food, ratatoot toot, overthrow the government? Those types of ideas are stuff I see as useful but also I want to look up later if those are something that exists already.

  • xenia

    Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project

  • Also I just run retro gaming on my windows pc since i'm always on it. I use SNES, Gameboy, PS1, PS2, PS3, XBox, and XBox 360. If sure it's not efficient to run them all separately but it works for me

  • xemu

    Original Xbox Emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux (Active Development)

  • Also I just run retro gaming on my windows pc since i'm always on it. I use SNES, Gameboy, PS1, PS2, PS3, XBox, and XBox 360. If sure it's not efficient to run them all separately but it works for me

  • snes9x

    Snes9x - Portable Super Nintendo Entertainment System (TM) emulator

  • Also I just run retro gaming on my windows pc since i'm always on it. I use SNES, Gameboy, PS1, PS2, PS3, XBox, and XBox 360. If sure it's not efficient to run them all separately but it works for me

  • SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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  • rpcs3

    PS3 emulator/debugger

  • Also I just run retro gaming on my windows pc since i'm always on it. I use SNES, Gameboy, PS1, PS2, PS3, XBox, and XBox 360. If sure it's not efficient to run them all separately but it works for me

  • pcsx2

    PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 Emulator

  • Also I just run retro gaming on my windows pc since i'm always on it. I use SNES, Gameboy, PS1, PS2, PS3, XBox, and XBox 360. If sure it's not efficient to run them all separately but it works for me

  • mgba

    mGBA Game Boy Advance Emulator

  • Also I just run retro gaming on my windows pc since i'm always on it. I use SNES, Gameboy, PS1, PS2, PS3, XBox, and XBox 360. If sure it's not efficient to run them all separately but it works for me

  • ROS

    Core ROS packages

  • You're looking for something more unique? Have you looked into robotics? Eg: https://www.ros.org/

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