I got a Raspberry Pi what should I do?

Question

So I got a raspberry pi as a gift. I was wondering what projects should I try on my raspberry pi.

fsflover · Accepted Answer

You can help Tor or I2P by joining as a relay. You can help peer to peer search YaCy, https://yacy.net.

init · Answer

Things I did recently:* Control the lights on the christmas tree* Install Pi-Hole* Run nginx and flask to serve videos of courses I've downloaded over the years.Things I plan to do:* Build an embedded operating system by following Stanford's CS140E course: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25272229* Control more LED lights

Gollapalli · Answer

Depends what you're into. You can use the pinouts to control motors, or lights, or take inputs from sensors. You can use it as a tiny server. You can use the stuff on raspbian to learn programming. You can add a battery pack and have a tiny portable linux box. If you can dream it, you can probably do it.

simonblack · Answer

I dedicate one ('headless': no display or keyboard) to being a HTTPS website server, as well as being a UPS controller.

lmedinas · Answer

Smarthome. Best use of RPI for me.

cpufry · Answer

i keep hearing about piholes