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[–] Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Anyone got screenshots of the new UI?

[–] drkt@scribe.disroot.org 26 points 4 months ago (5 children)

https://u.drkt.eu/PZJz6H.png I don't know how to embed an image link

It's not fundamentally different

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 27 points 4 months ago

just for future reference (click the source button to see how I embedded your image)

![alt text](https://image.link/)

pihole v6 ui

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago

Thanks, I haven't used pi-hole in a while, but it looks the same for me.

[–] Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

Thanks for sharing! I need to get mine running again.

[–] lilith267@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Top premitted domain: e621.net

A fellow sysadmin furry I see

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

It doesn’t really look different at all

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Be careful upgrading Docker versions, it has breaking changes.

https://registry.hub.docker.com/r/pihole/pihole/

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Whew, this is why I pin on sha256. I fear for the latest crowd.

Edit: At least it seems updating the container doesn't break things:

Replacing any v5 image (2024.07.0 and earlier) with a v6 image will result in updated configuration files. These changes are irreversible.

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 3 points 4 months ago

Live on the edge

Pin to develop

I don't use pihole, but everything I use is pinned by major release version. No problem yet with surprise breakage.

[–] Junkernaught@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 months ago

Looks like a great release!

[–] henfredemars 9 points 4 months ago

Neutrino emissions detected!

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago (7 children)

How much is Pi-hole worth it assuming I’m using UBO and also have most non-ad based streaming services?

I’m thinking phones and less often used devices?

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 4 months ago

It’s extra protection, especially if you use non-browser apps on your devices it can limit tracking.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

It's really nice for random browsing/apps. Games, free tools, general web browsing; none of it loads ads.

Some mobile games will even attempt to load ads, fail, then give you the reward for 'watching' the ad.

It also stops devices from phoning home to upload telemetry and blocks known malware domains. (depends on the lists you use, heres a source for some lists)

[–] froggycar360@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 months ago

I love my pihole. Even gets rid of the ads on my roku homescreen.

[–] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I can tell you something: I'm using some free apps on my Android phone and never notice ads at home, but when I'm on the mobile network or on a different wifi (at work or some public place) I start seeing them.

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

This is one of the reasons why I set up a Wireguard VPN connection to my home network, and an on-demand VPN connection on my phone that automatically turns on anytime I’m not on the home network. Even away from home I get the benefits of my Pi-hole+Unbound (running as recursive resolver) setup.

[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

This is my setup too. I use WG-Tunnel to manage the VPN connection on my phone. It just monitors whenever you disconnect from your trusted WiFi network and automatically enables the VPN.

Only hiccup I've found is wireless Android Auto isn't a fan of a VPN.

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

I’m partial to AdGuardHome myself, but PiHole does the job well

[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

I have both but just use pihole as a local DNS server/forwarder. I bump into too many random times where sites or redirects don't work properly since they get blocked.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Has anyone tried https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns? It seems to be a complete DNS server instead of what looks like a bunch of bash config for a standard Linux tool. There are block lists you can configure as well, and it supports pretty much everything.

It's way overkill, but hey, why not?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago

I probably would just stick with dnsmasq

[–] Lemmling@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Good news! Hope they implement detailed query log and support for upstream DoH DNS next.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They've added a bit more info to the query log, when you click on individual items.

It's still not a native feature, but; You can add DOH using cloudflared, incl configuring which upstream(s) to use (you don't have to use cloudflare itself, just the tool).

There's even a docker version.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

It seems PADD got borked. Permission thing is happening again.

[–] chriscrutch@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

I was running Pi-hole on an actual Raspberry Pi 4 that was apparently running Raspbian 10. My upgrade did not go smoothly. But I got it and I'm liking the new version. The only issue I see so far is that the admin panel in v5 used to have a "remember me for 7 days" checkbox when logging in, this version does not.