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By Dimitri Bellini • Insights

Good morning everyone! I'™m Dimitri Bellini, and welcome back to the blog edition of Quadrata, my channel dedicated to the world of open source and technology. As I always say, exploring these technologies must be a pleasure for me, but especially for you following along. Today, we are tackling...

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By Dimitri Bellini • Insights

Good morning everyone, and welcome back to Quadrata! It’s Dimitri Bellini, and as we stand at the threshold of a new year, it’s the perfect time to look back. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, filled with good company and great gifts. Now, let's dive into the technologies that truly impressed me in 2025. This is my personal highlight reel of the year, and I'm eager to hear what you think about these game-changers.

This year, several open-source projects took massive leaps forward, solidifying their place as essential tools for professionals and hobbyists alike. Here are the ones that stood out to me.

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By Dimitri Bellini • Insights

Good morning, everyone! Dimitri Bellini here, back on Quadrata, my channel dedicated to the world of open source and IT. It’s been a couple of years since I last did a deep dive on Proxmox, and so much has changed. With new releases, exciting features, and a brand-new product in its ecosystem, it's the perfect time for an update. Plus, with the ongoing conversations around VMware alternatives, Proxmox is more relevant than ever.

For those who might be new to it, Proxmox is a powerful, open-source virtualization platform. It allows you to run and manage virtual machines (VMs) and containers on a single physical server. It's a fantastic tool that I believe is a viable replacement for VMware for a significant number of businesses—perhaps even more than 60% of them. It’s robust, feature-rich, and completely open source.

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