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easy way\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCustomisations without any limits\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat else you have in mind for home-automations??\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e \u003c/br\u003e\u003c/br\u003e\u003c/br\u003e What to Bring to the Workshop?\u003c/br\u003e Raspberry PI 3 B/B+ or 4B \u003c/br\u003e or a Virtualization that can handle VMDK, VHDX, VDI, QCOW2 or 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