NoTrack Install Guide

[@testlablive]

Excellent work quidsup I must dust down my old Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and give this a try over the Xmas & New Year. I have only one Windows 10 machine and wireshark goes into overload when it starts. Thankfully I only use it a handful of times. I tried various extensions on different browsers but still there are questionable traffic amounts originating from some machines. The Linux desktops have a lower footprint of traffic but once you open the web browser connections increase to IP addresses which I can not trace. There is a balance to be struck so advertisers can make money but some web sites are like a vacuum and just data mine all the data they can.

[@MohanRam]

Quidsup thanks for this video. I miss watching your videos.

[@markconger8049]

I don’t have Twitter so sending this request by comment. Regarding browsers that use DNS over HTTPS is there a way to capture that data with NoTrack? Perhaps something external to NoTrack to redirect the DoH server IPs to the NoTrack server? Or setup NoTrack on a cloud host? Just curious your thoughts on it.

[@quidsup]

I removed the Apache install from PHP with "apt --no-install-recommends", I thought it was worth leaving in to show what happens when you end up with an improperly configured webserver being active on a device

[@MrBiky]

@quidsup What is mariadb used for in notrack? I've tried looking at comparisons between NoTrack, Pi-Hole, AdGuard Home and Blocky, but couldn't find anyone doing an in-depth analysis (probably because one isn't needed if they all use the same thing in the backend). I believe adguard home and blocky are both single binaries, so not sure if they're using dnsmasq (I'd think not), but all options seem to be using text file block lists. I was hoping notrack would be using a mysql query for checking if a domain was blocked, to speed up looking up through millions of entries (instead of doing it on files, which is inherently slower). I assume that, like blocky, notrack uses mysql for query analytics (blocky also supports postgres). But I'd like a confirmation. At the very least, if we (i.e. the internet) could get a comparison between the 2 and how notrack excels over pi-hole, that'd be really helpful. As far as I can tell, they do the same thing, but use a different GUI. I can't even say they do it in a different way. I remember watching some old videos where you switched from shell to python and got insanely better query times, so there's that (but all competitors beat pi-hole in the speed department). I still appreciate having notrack around. Competition is always good.

[@denis2381]

Hey man, nice video thank you! may i ask you something? is it possible to run it with pihole on the same pi? or on 2 Pis? im not a pro but i have a pihole with unbound and i would like to continue using it. but i think i have to decide for pihole or notrack, because both require to set the dns server in adapter settings. so is there any way to run both on the same network (router at home)? i am looking forward for a reply :D which one is more recommended, if i have to decide for something?

[@loendsti]

how to uninstall it? regular " autoremove notrack " is not working on the terminal

[@hexearth8258]

Nice, but I do have a pi-hole atm so I have to change my dns and make a few tests. Pi-hole is nice cause it allows easy on-off of domains and create custom and a few more things, that I haven't tried on yours. But I wish pi-hole had a few more options and more information on a few graphs. My pi-hole is on a virtual machine, not on a rasp-pi but it is critical these days to have one system like this because a "simple" television connects itself to so many domains like Netflix and also anti-social networks like Facebook. This cannot happen so it has to be done inside the network. Thanks.

[@FPSBird]

I would love compatability for red hat based operating systems like rocky linux or alma linux

[@Palmit_]

Hiya. I appreciate your work with NoTrack. Thanks. I'm devoid of a rasp pi and spare router etc but i will defintely try this when i can afford the hardware. Thanks. ps.. can you give info on how this differs from PFSense? Can they both run on same device for example?

[@m.r.659]

Fantastic work and thank You, following for years and using notrack for last couple of years too . I have currently little issue despite reinstalling either just no track or full ubuntu with no track server on pi4. When going to admin web interface it keeps showing "block list missing". Nginx is running. Any advice? Greetings from York, North Yorkshire.

[@green122s]

I’m having the same issue with blocklist missing using Raspian. Have tries half-a-dozen times but no luck. This is after running Notrack for several years and made the mistake of updating!☹️ Really miss it! Can someone please help?