Niederriter, Bryant via plug on 21 Oct 2026 17:06:35 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] [o/t] Pi-hole

you could also just run pinhole/adguard home on your router if you have one compatible with custom firmware.  I believe there's an openwrt package for adguard home available.

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From: plug <plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org> on behalf of InterLinked via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, 21 October 2026 19:58:54
To: JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>; plug@lists.phillylinux.org <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Subject: Re: [PLUG] [o/t] Pi-hole
 
On 10/21/2026 7:41 PM, JP Vossen via plug wrote:
> On 10/21/26 12:44 PM, jeffv via plug wrote:
>> The cable box that feeds my dumb tv failed and they gave me a
>> streaming box. Is it true they (Xfinity) are no longer using direct
>> wire connections for cable box input?
>
> We dropped Comcrap a long time ago when the started illegally
> encrypting PBS (~2013, I think).  We switched to:
> 1. A LEAF Antenna.
> 2. Connected to a 2 channel Ethernet tuner.
> 3. Talking to MythTV (set up in 2008 with much help from PLUG folks).
> 4. Using SchedulesDirect.org (now $35 per YEAR) for the program guide.

EPG (guide data) is also freely available over the air, I'm not sure why
so many people seem to pay for that.
I hear that SchedulesDirect.org may have a bit more detail, but I
haven't had an issue with the level of detail in the OTA EPG descriptions.


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