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submitted 3 months ago by vrek@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev

I don't expect much but I found an old pi I bought probably 2016(may of been 2017). It was supposed to be a pi-hole but was never able to get the dns forwarding to work on my modem. It still works but wanted to somehow convert it to a regular distro(it's based on a micro-SD and I don't have any more microsd readers). I wanted to set it up as a basic system I could ssh into a terminal. Not expecting anything fancy or even graphic based. A lot of stuff I want to learn/practice "work" on windows but are native to Linux, like vim/neovim nmap gcc etc. Is this feasible? Am I under estimating what's possible with it?

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[-] vrek@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

I'll have to see if I have a way to flash a micro SD to do that

[-] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago

I believe you'll need a reader of some sort if you want to get the Pi running and you can't SSH into it in its current state.

[-] nyan@lemmy.cafe 1 points 3 months ago

SD card readers that plug into your USB port are still quite cheap, even if you have the misfortune of being in the US.

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