Building a Pi-hole Home Lab From an Old PC : Why
I've been learning Linux command line and going through MIT's Missing Semester course over the past few weeks, and I wanted a real project to apply it to instead of just following along with exercises. A friend is sending me an old PC next week, and my plan is to turn it into a Pi-hole — a network-wide DNS ad/tracker blocker that runs on your own hardware instead of relying on browser extensions.…
I am writing an account of turning an old PC into a Pi-hole home lab, a project that involves learning Linux command line and MIT's Missing Semester course. My friend is sending me the old PC next week, and my plan is to transform it into a network-wide DNS ad/tracker blocker. I chose this project because it allows me to delve into various aspects I want to understand deeply: Linux system administration, networking, and maintaining a small server.
As a novice in networking, I anticipate making mistakes during the process, which is precisely the purpose of this project - I will be documenting it as I go along, including the errors. Currently, I am eagerly awaiting the PC's arrival on Tuesday. The next post will cover the OS installation and initial setup.
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