I’d really like to get started with this stuff but finding the technical requirement exhausting.

Trying to install privoxyvpn- “simply add the proxy to your browser and ensure the configuration is correct” (no help as to what this means, or how to do it and following the basic instructions just renders my browser unable to connect - googling the error message gives me replies like “simply make sure you read the logs” (no description of how to get to the logs or how to read them)

hearing I need a proxy and a reverse proxy, install SWAG — “first, point the A name at your server and the CNAME at the A and then install the SSL certificate - but be sure to pick between directories and subdomains if you have fewer than 20 domains in your account.”

Like what the fuck does any of this mean?

Then I hear if I have a proxy it might interfere with the reverse proxy and both might interfere with the VPN and vice versa.

How does one even get started?

  • 𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕁𝕖𝕨@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Buy a cheap Mi TV Stick 4K at AliExpress and install IPTV Smarters Pro(suggest you to pay the one-time fee) get a “trustworthy” IPTV provider and pay 1 year(or 2 years if they have that option) subscription(cheaper than pay it for month by month) install a VPN client on the TV Stick, and pirate all the way up to the sky mate.

    That’s the paid option, if you want to do the shit but for free then you will have to mess around with your own private pirating media server but if you are not worried about paying for simplicity just go for that option, Live TV, Movies, TV Shows all in one from different platforms and with a decent all-in-one quality.

    Pray and luck… 🙏🤞

    Edit: if you choose to go for the cheaper option of free pirating then I would suggest you to use an Orange Pi+Armbian instead of a Raspberry Pi and a good external USB 3.0 NVME SSD. Both can be bought at AliExpress at a reasonable price.

    Edit 2: If you don’t give a flying fuck about live sports, XXX channels and PPV events maybe your best option would be going for the free pirating option.

    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I appreciate the advice but I am disinclined to go “hm this setup doesn’t work, I should buy a totally different set up” - as then I’m sure I’ll just have a different set of problems and other money I spent is essentially wasted.

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I would suggest you to use an Orange Pi+Armbian instead of a Raspberry Pi

      Why? You gave no reasoning and they already have a raspberry pi. They are very similar in capability so if you’re going to suggest they buy a new thing you should at least give a single reason

        • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Well I can tell you that I owned both but I returned the orange pi because of several factors, but mainly it boiled down to the company feeling sketchy and the software support being far worse on the OPI. The day I was giving it a last chance, the OPI official website even went down!

          It kinda feels like the only reason that is a viable board to use is because of some dude named Joshua Riek who maintains a flavor of Ubuntu for it… Their official OS flavors ranged between non-working and shitty tbh