An Italian IT consultant helped a small logistics company in Bergamo migrate from Windows to Linux and open source software. The company replaced proprietary tools with Kubuntu, LibreOffice, Nextcloud, and Mattermost to reduce costs and improve reliability. The migration addressed issues like frequent system failures, expensive external IT support, and poor data management.
A user built a custom home server from a repurposed Zotac MAGNUS EN1070K compact computer to avoid cloud storage fees and privacy concerns. The project involved 3D-printed extensions, a hot-swap drive cage, and six 8TB hard drives in a RAIDZ2 encrypted pool providing 29TB of usable storage for family files and backups.