---
title: Gabriel Paesano
description: Gabriel Paesano, apprentice infrastructure & operations specialist at Infomaniak Network SA, open source contributor, and photographer. Geneva, Switzerland.
image: https://gabriel.olynthe.org/favicon.jpg
---

Hi there ! Welcome to my new portfolio :)

# Gabriel

Apprentice Infrastructure & Operations Specialist at [Infomaniak Network SA](https://www.infomaniak.com/en/about) by day, photographer whenever the light is good, open source person the rest of the time.

Geneva, Switzerland // 46.20° N ; 6.14° E

![Portrait of Gabriel](https://gabriel.olynthe.org/favicon.jpg?v=2)

*Yes... that's me from a few months back. And yes, the forest is a green screen. When I go out to shoot I usually go alone, so there's no one to take a picture of me. I'd be too shy to ask anyway :(*

## ~/home/gabrielp/quick-facts/

Hi ! I'm Gabriel, an apprentice IT Infrastructure & Operations Specialist at [Infomaniak Network SA](https://www.infomaniak.com/en/about), the friendly ethical cloud provider based in Geneva, Switzerland. A good part of my week goes into learning networking, development, judging big tech, and helping others use and enjoy technology, and I genuinely have fun doing so.

The rest goes into photography... mostly wildlife and the night sky. I'm also strongly advocating for free and open source software, and have a full homelab running Proxmox VE, Snowflakes, Immich, Docker and more self-hosted services than strictly necessary

I'm also a student at the [CFPT](https://edu.ge.ch/secondaire2/centre-de-formation-professionnelle-technique/le-cfpt), currently exploring machine learning, and the founder of the [Olynthe Initiative](https://olynthe.org), a small effort to support digital rights and FOSS.

### roadmap

so far

- **12.2009:** I came to life. ..well technically i was already a thing since around 9 months
- **05.2016:** I started taking pictures and enjoyed doing so
- **12.2021:** Founded The Olynthe Initiative (previously Q-BIT Technology)
- **08.2025:** Joined Infomaniak Network as an apprentice
- **10.2025:** Officially stopped using Windows and quit big tech
- **05.2026:** Started actively contributing to OSS and creating software

up next

- **next:** Get better at photography and get new gear
- **next:** Finish my apprenticeship (2.5 years to go)
- **next:** Have more than 200 CPUs in my collection of CPUs
- **someday:** Stop working at for-profits, but for humans

## ~/home/gabrielp/dev/

I care about software that respects its users. Here are a few things I built or contributed to.

- **[JWStreak](https://github.com/Hiburger/JWStreak)**
  dart / gpl-3.0 / [jws.olynthe.org](https://jws.olynthe.org)
  A friendly Flutter app that helps people build a daily Bible-reading habit. Everything on-device, nothing leaves your phone.
- **[BasaltOS](https://github.com/BasaltOS-org)**
  AlmaLinux-based operating system
  Project leader on an independent open source operating system. Early days, big dreams.
- **[The Olynthe Initiative](https://olynthe.org)**
  digital rights & free software
  Founded to support digital rights and FOSS initiatives, and home of this very domain
- **[Sky Map](https://github.com/sky-map-team/)**
  android / astronomy
  The original Google Sky Map, now run by its community: point your phone at the sky and it names the stars, planets and constellations. I chip in here and there.
- **[Google AI Edge Gallery](https://github.com/google-ai-edge/gallery)**
  android / on-device AI
  Google's open-source playground for on-device AI: chat, image understanding and more, with models that run fully offline.
- **[Tor Snowflakes](https://snowflake.torproject.org/)**
  tor / anti-censorship
  I run multiple Snowflake proxies: volunteer-powered Tor bridges that help people in censored countries reach the open web. Cheap to run, hard to block :)

## ~/home/gabrielp/pictures/

The Gear: Nikon D7000 | GoPro hero 12 | Pixel 9 Pro XL

Here are a few frames I like ! I deeply hope you'll like them too :)

[![A ginger cat prowling through dewy grass](https://gabriel.olynthe.org/photos/01.jpg)](https://gabriel.olynthe.org/photos/01.jpg)

*01*

[![A blue speedwell flower in close-up](https://gabriel.olynthe.org/photos/02.jpg)](https://gabriel.olynthe.org/photos/02.jpg)

*02*

[![Black and white, hands gently holding a tiny leaf](https://gabriel.olynthe.org/photos/03.jpg)](https://gabriel.olynthe.org/photos/03.jpg)

*03*

[![The Milky Way over a dark night sky](https://gabriel.olynthe.org/photos/04.jpg)](https://gabriel.olynthe.org/photos/04.jpg)

*04*

[![A house sparrow in sharp profile](https://gabriel.olynthe.org/photos/05.jpg)](https://gabriel.olynthe.org/photos/05.jpg)

*05*

[![Two sparrows perched on a branch](https://gabriel.olynthe.org/photos/06.jpg)](https://gabriel.olynthe.org/photos/06.jpg)

*06*

All of these were shot by me with one of the gear mentionned above. More of my photos can be found on [Instagram](https://instagram.com/hello_iam_gabriel) :)

## ~/home/gabrielp/tools/

What I reach for every day at work, in the homelab, and everywhere in between.

- **Home Lab Hardware:** GMKtec K8 Plus AMD Ryzen™ 7 8845HS, RPi 5 (8 Go), RPi 3 (2 Go)
- **DIY:** Arduino Uno R3 x2, Arduino Nano x2
- **Computers:** Too many. Primary: MacBookPro 2026 (M5 Pro) / Secondary: XPS 15 7590 & Omen Tower (forgot the name)
- **OS:** GrapheneOS // Cachy Linux // macOS // Debian Trixie
- **Mobile:** Pixel 9 Pro XL, iPad Pro (M2), Quest 3, Pixel Watch 5

favorite groups (order matters!)

- **Phones:** Google Pixel, Fairphone, Nothing
- **Computers:** Framework, Apple, Dell
- **Cameras:** Nikon, Lumix, Fujifilm
- **DIY boards:** Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Flipper Zero
- **IDE:** Zed (Preview)

![A messy server rack covered in tangled cables](https://gabriel.olynthe.org/messy_server_rack.jpg)

*Be assured, that's just an image i found on the internet; not my actual homelab. But it's pretty close to its state.... Let's move on ! photo: Kim Scarborough, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)*

## ~/home/gabrielp/contacts/

I'm shy, but I don't bite. Please come say hi! And kindly mention you came from this site, or I might assume you're a scammer (I started getting used to it sadly) :(

[gabriel.paesano@olynthe.org](mailto:gabriel.paesano@olynthe.org) [discord](https://discord.com/users/1085984192644530257)

- **GutHib:** [@Hiburger](https://github.com/Hiburger)
- **Instagram:** [@hello_iam_gabriel](https://instagram.com/hello_iam_gabriel)
- **Reddit:** [u/Guy_From_The_Cloud](https://www.reddit.com/user/Guy_From_The_Cloud/)
- **YouTube:** [@gabrielpaesano](https://youtube.com/@gabrielpaesano)
- **LinkedIn:** [in/gabriel-p](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-p-150632375)
- **Hugging Face:** [the-art-of-linux](https://huggingface.co/the-art-of-linux)

Did you know? This website & the olynthe domain are hosted by [Infomaniak](https://www.infomaniak.com/en/about): ecologically hosted in Switzerland // B Corp™ // carbon compensated 200%

Fun fact: this UI takes its cues from [Material Design](https://m3.material.io). If you like this portfolio, fork [github.com/Hiburger/portfolio](https://github.com/Hiburger/portfolio) and make it yours: same design, your info :)

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