One of our Zima Pioneers just received their
#ZimaCube 2 and started testing — and this is exactly the kind of feedback we signed up for.
Bob (bob-loves-tech) is an experienced homelabber who's reviewed our previous hardware, so he knows the ecosystem. His first reaction to the build quality? "Stunning." The hardware is solid enough that he confidently ran Windows Server 2025 bare-metal on it — on a device sold as a NAS. That says a lot about what this machine is actually capable of.
His approach this time? Wipe the factory OS, run
#Windows Server 2025, tear down the hardware to document every quirk, then settle on
#Proxmox as the final OS of choice — where it now runs happily in a three-host homelab fleet alongside his Synology setup. The flexibility here is the real story.
His own words: "If something annoys me, you'll hear about it." And he means it — the blog includes honest cost math, a fan saga, and a pretty blunt take on where
#ZimaOS fits (and where it doesn't). That's the kind of transparency that actually helps us build better products.
If you're into
#homelab tinkering, hardware teardowns, or just want to see what the ZimaCube 2 looks like in someone's hands — this is worth your time.
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github.com/bob-loves-tech/zi…
3 problems. 1 box.
❌ Losing files forever.
✅ RAID Backup. One drive fails? No problem.
❌ Chaos across devices.
✅ Thunderbolt 4 10GbE. Fast sync. Remote access.
❌ Paying forever for slow, creepy cloud storage.
✅ No subscription. No speed limits. Your home, your data.
#ZimaCube2.
Data freedom, no compromise.
#NAS #HomeLab #private