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My main usages with RPi 3 includes: - SSH tunnel from outside when I concern about security / privacy - Media box (Kodi runs pretty well) - Running daemons (DDN

by ibic 9y ago

My main usages with RPi 3 includes: - SSH tunnel from outside when I concern about security / privacy - Media box (Kodi runs pretty well) - Running daemons (DDNS updates, torrent, etc) - Running some nodejs scripts RPi 3 does these very well, why bother with a more power-consuming box? Not to metion RPi 3 has WiFi builtin (I know it's slow, but good enough for my usage)

dingo_bat 9y ago
I tried to use mine as a media box, but as the article notes, rpi can't power an hdd over usb. And I am too lazy to get a powered usb hub and arrange a power cord for that too.
- ibic 9y ago
  I used a NAS for storage, works fine for me.
- bbayer 9y ago
  It can power 2.5 inches usb HDD with no issues. All you have to do is get an official power adaptor and set max_usb_current to true.
  - dingo_bat 9y ago
    Gotta try this.
    - omnimus 9y ago
      I havent even set the option and rpi2 started to work with one usb drive when i plugged it in the original adapter.
      - dingo_bat 9y ago
        Maybe rpi2 is better for this. I have the old one.