# I'm happy with my little Pi

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/im-happy-with-my-little-pi/101353>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [24 June 2026 21:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/im-happy-with-my-little-pi/101353 "2026-06-24T21:37:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [24 June 2026 21:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/im-happy-with-my-little-pi/101353/1 "2026-06-24T21:37:02Z")

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OK, sorry. I'm being petty.

But this is pretty good IMO.

 ![Screenshot from 2026-06-25 07-34-48](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/c/0/c074d4a25bb44d3d175713d020ee22cd59208758.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![kuema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kuema/32/6542_2.png) [@kuema](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kuema)\
**Post date:** [25 June 2026 04:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/im-happy-with-my-little-pi/101353/2 "2026-06-25T04:15:11Z")

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Nice!  
I once reached an uptime of nearly 2 years with my little Cubitruck 3 based home server back in the day. 😀

But it also means you haven't rebooted it for kernel and security updates that long. Something I'd consider more and more important these days, even for home setups. ☝ 🧐

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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [25 June 2026 06:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/im-happy-with-my-little-pi/101353/3 "2026-06-25T06:23:28Z")

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Yeah, thanks.

There are other things happening too but I don't want to _let the cat out of the bag_ on them.  
Sorry.

Could you elaborate on your last bit though?  
_even for home setups_

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**Author:** ![kuema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kuema/32/6542_2.png) [@kuema](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kuema)\
**Post date:** [25 June 2026 06:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/im-happy-with-my-little-pi/101353/4 "2026-06-25T06:35:46Z")

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I meant you shouldn't underestimate security issues in your private setup at home, regarding operating systems, firmwares... you name it. Also make use of firewalls, separate networks for appliances and IoT stuff, if possible.

Keeping things patched and updated is essential these days. Home network security is often underestimated.

Maybe also a bit paranoid here 🤓 but the means that bad actors will have at their disposal now and in the future will become more powerful, and even easier to (mis)use.

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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [25 June 2026 08:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/im-happy-with-my-little-pi/101353/5 "2026-06-25T08:10:14Z")

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I understand that.

I'd better not say much more though or I will cop a lot of ...... anyway.

In a perfect world, the nasty stuff gets installed and then opens outputs to the nasty sites FROM your machine.

As I have no inputs from the net, the only way the bad stuff gets on the machine is from local machines.

If I am not installing any new programs it is going to be difficult for any of that software to get on the machine.

Yes/agree?  
(Not trying to trap you.)

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**Author:** ![gregorius](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gregorius/32/73816_2.png) [@gregorius](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gregorius)\
**Post date:** [25 June 2026 08:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/im-happy-with-my-little-pi/101353/6 "2026-06-25T08:39:08Z")

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> [@kuema](#):
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> Maybe also a bit paranoid here

Yes indeed but it always helps to be scared. Be very scared of everyone, everything and particular your neighbours. /s 😉

I recall how Apple updated their OS and then updated again and then again (the last 26.x updates) because each release had a bug. Even updates are buggy, else we won't be updating all the time.

Ironically it's sometimes best to stay on a very old version because "evil doers" building their automated scripts don't invest the time to create code for hacking older versions because the market share is too small. They are, as we are all, driven by market forces and it's simply not profitable to invest the time for a market share under X percent (whatever X may be). Thanks to AI, that X is getting smaller and smaller ... until even that strategy won't work.

I say this very much tongue-in-cheek and no personal offence is meant - to anyone. Each to their own, and let God sort them out.

It's a pity that we forget that it doesn't have to be this way. It's a pity that we don't question why this constant updating is even necessary. After all, why can't software simply be complete and need no update? It seems to be something "positive" that software is constantly needing updating "oh it's maintained" - because it was broken in the first place? Because everything around it was broken? Because the code is too complex and not properly understood? Perhaps it needs even more features?

Meanwhile we all cheer 2FA and in the future, 3FA or 4FA ... until we collectively drown in passwords and factor-authentication apps and SMS pins and OTP and all the rest of the so-called security mechanisms that "keep us safe" ... from whom? From ourselves. Because the haves don't want to share with the have-nots, some need to steal/cheat/lie to survive while others sail with their yachts having stolen legally on the finance markets.

Oh well, better check [https://haveibeenpwned.com/](https://haveibeenpwned.com/) for my password - it's become my key store. Works great collecting all my passwords that I use on those scammy and untrustable websites selling my data.

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**Author:** ![gerry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gerry/32/21604_2.png) [@gerry](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gerry)\
**Post date:** [25 June 2026 12:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/im-happy-with-my-little-pi/101353/7 "2026-06-25T12:00:25Z")

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Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get me

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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [25 June 2026 12:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/im-happy-with-my-little-pi/101353/8 "2026-06-25T12:27:59Z")

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Yul Brynner Telefon.

😉  
What great show.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [25 June 2026 18:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/im-happy-with-my-little-pi/101353/9 "2026-06-25T18:35:06Z")

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> [@gregorius](#):
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> Ironically it's sometimes best to stay on a very old version because "evil doers" building their automated scripts don't invest the time to create code for hacking older versions because the market share is too small.

I wish that were true but I'm afraid it isn't as you would see if you followed the security press. It is so cheap to run many automated bots that it is easy money for bad actors to keep old things running periodically to catch people out.

> [@gregorius](#):
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> After all, why can't software simply be complete and need no update?

1. Change != Features
2. Software generally IS complex and nobody has all the time necessary to try and squeeze out every issue.
3. Threats change - so do the risks - and changes are needed to deal with that.
4. More positively, because people are endlessly inventive and come up with new and (sometimes) better ideas.

> [@gregorius](#):
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> Because the haves don't want to share with the have-nots, some need to steal/cheat/lie to survive while others sail with their yachts having stolen legally on the finance markets.

There is, of course, some real truth in there. But it is, I'm afraid, still only a partial truth. A very significant number of people steal because that's what they _want_ to do. Many more are in it for the _attack_, they believe that people in other countries are "Enemies" (capital E). Others simply to survive in a country where that is hard (e.g. North Korea). It isn't _just_ about greed.

> [@gregorius](#):
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> untrustable websites selling my data

Ah, you are talking about Google again! Or Facebook, et al.

Anyway, we are well off-topic (again!). Lets keep things on-topic. 😃

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [23 September 2026 18:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/im-happy-with-my-little-pi/101353/10 "2026-09-23T18:35:58Z")

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