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Yet another IoT thermostat

Hi all,

this post will be about my homemade IoT thermostat.  The goal was to not install any cables (because I live in a rented flat), to go really cheap and to be able to set the temperature from anywhere. I’ll also give you some tips you should think about when building your own. Let’s get started.

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OrangePi: Installing Debian chroot into OpenELEC

Hi all,

I have an OrangePi running jernej’s OpenELEC build connected to my TV.  It works very well and stable, but on the other side, you can’t do much more with it because OE is very limited Linux distribution. This is a short guide how to run standard Debian services (nginx, samba, openvpn, … anything) in Debian chroot. Continue reading OrangePi: Installing Debian chroot into OpenELEC