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ric3rcaron Espresso-hole – EspressoBin-based personal router with ad blocking

Sure, my experience with custom kernels or the suggested Ubuntu version were totally frustrating as well. I would stay away from these. However, ARMBIAN is stable and the board becomes fully usable.

ric3rcaron Espresso-hole – EspressoBin-based personal router with ad blocking

Looks promising but lacks official support from ARMBIAN, which was crucial for choosing the espressobin.

ric3rcaron Espresso-hole – EspressoBin-based personal router with ad blocking

With ARMBIAN I keep updating the kernel without any problems.

ric3rcaron Espresso-hole – EspressoBin-based personal router with ad blocking

Totally agree. The espressobin community has been very active for a while, but documentation is lacking even for basic functionalities like GPIO pinout usage.

ric3rcaron Espresso-hole – EspressoBin-based personal router with ad blocking

Haven't tried myself, but there's a thread discussing this: forum.level1techs.com/t/firewall-on-espressobin/131206/9