HACKER Q&A
📣 boredatworkme

Do you use a Raspberry Pi? What do you use it for?


Basically the title.

I'm trying to scratch an itch with the Raspberry Pi. Beyond trying to think of using it for some leisure browsing, I just cannot think of what I can use it for.

Can you folks let me know if you own a Raspberry Pi and what do you use it for?

  👤 sidpatil Accepted Answer ✓
I have an IBM 3151 video terminal connected to mine, through a USB-to-serial adapter. I use it for Web browsing, reading text files, light code editing/trying ideas in REPL, ssh to my desktop, etc.

At first, I wanted to connect the terminal (on the upper floor) to my desktop (in the basement) by patching the server's RS-232 to the terminal through the in-wall Cat5e. Then I figured it'd be better to just throw FreeBSD on the Pi and connect the terminal to it, since I could ssh to the desktop with Ethernet instead, which is a more effective use of the two Cat5e runs, since I'd also be able to connect a VoIP phone next to the terminal.

👤 simonblack
I got one just a few days ago. It's destined to be a standalone web-server - more or less "set and forget" - and a UPS controller.

That will relieve my main computer of having to do those things from then on.

👤 jeffreygoesto
- UPnP and DLNA web radio feeding a tube radio from the 60s.

- Jukebox for a special kid.

mpd, mpc and upmpdcli were a real breeze to use and configure.

👤 ilyas121
IP cam for remote robotics work