Dear IceWhale Community Members:
Welcome to our first biweekly of 2026! A big thanks to every community member for your passion and contributions. Let’s dive into the exciting updates from the last two weeks.
Extreme Expansion: ZimaBoard 2 Hits 350TB+
Our community member @vipper_666 successfully expanded storage capacity to 350TB+ using a ZimaBoard 2 expansion solution, fully demonstrating the exceptional potential of ZimaBoard 2’s PCIe scalability. If you’re also interested in large-capacity storage or hardware expansion, check out his implementation guide:
Community Highlights: User Contributions
Recently, community tech enthusiast @MudithaMuditha Liyanagama has shared highly practical installation and configuration tutorials. These @MudithaMudithauides have already helped many users quickly get started with relevant applications:
- [Syncthing: File Sync Tool]
- [Paperless-ngx: Document Management]
- [Paperless‑AI – Intelligent Document Management]
We extend our sincere thanks to these contributors for their spirit of sharing, and we eagerly welcome more members to join in—whether it’s Docker application deployment, hands-on hardware expansion, or any technical insights related to Zima. Your experience could light the way for others on their journey.
We encourage and look forward to your submissions! Any valuable content that is adopted will be rewarded with our IW Makes Fund or Gifts. Feel free to send your work to community@icewhale.org or directly PM @777-spider.
System Update: ZimaOS v1.5.4-alpha3 Testing Invitation
We have officially released the ZimaOS v1.5.4-alpha3 testing version today, with a key focus on introducing the Folder Encryption feature. During the first round of internal testing, we received a wealth of valuable feedback. Now, we are launching the second round of scenario-based testing and warmly invite you to participate in the following key areas of evaluation:
Key Focus Areas for This Testing Round
Please focus on the following four points:
1. Multi-scenario usage
Use the encrypted folder in real-world scenarios such as backups and application read/write operations, and observe whether normal usage is affected or any abnormal behavior occurs.
2. Accuracy of large file uploads via SMB
Upload large files to the encrypted folder via SMB, and verify file integrity and correctness after decryption.
3. File modification via SMB in decrypted state
While the encrypted folder is decrypted, modify files via SMB and confirm that the modified files remain accessible.
4. Files web interface operations
While in the decrypted state, upload or modify files (including large files and multiple files) in the encrypted folder via the Files web interface, and confirm that the files remain accessible.
How to Get the ZimaOS v1.5.4-alpha3 Update Package:
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Open the terminal
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Run the following command
zimaos -u 1.5.4-alpha3
If the pull fails, please re-execute the above command to pull.
Alternatively, refer to this tutorial: https://www.zimaspace.com/docs/zimaos/Install-offline
If you encounter any issues during usage, feel free to @777-Spider or send an email to community@icewhale.org. We will respond as soon as we receive your message.
Newly Added Apps
Index-tts: Local text-to-speech tool(memory > 12 GB)
Peanut: UPS device management tool
Pingvin-share: Self-hosted file sharing tool
Opodsync: Podcast synchronization tool
DeepSeek OCR: Image text recognition tool(NVIDIA GPU with >= 8 GB VRAM)
Welcome to download and try it out!
Once again, thank you to every community member for your participation and contributions! IW’s growth shines brighter because of each of you.
We look forward to seeing more of you and your stories in the next biweekly report.
Best regards,
IceWhale Community
2026/01