Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Marius Bogdan Lixandru is a highly experienced content creator from Romania with a background in biology, chemistry and computer programming. He loves writing technical guides that are accessible for non-technical people. Born in 1984, he has always expressed interest in technology. Beyond technology and biology, he has a passion for agriculture, the science and beauty of which have encouraged him to start his own vegetable garden and plant dozens of fruit-bearing trees with fragrant and succulent, sweet and sour fruits. When he’s not losing nights uncovering the deepest hidden secrets of the latest tech devices, he’s likely enjoying a refreshing slice of juicy, honey-sweet watermelon, sluggishly lying on the grass in his orchard, sitting in the shade under the trees he himself has planted. Torpid summer days accompanied by cicada sounds and greeted by his smiling wife and happy, tail-wagging presence of his two mioritic shepherd dogs are some of the simpler pleasures in life that help him recharge his batteries to take on the latest tech challenges. Support My Work and Feel free to contact me.

Synology: How To Enable DNS Over HTTPS on WRX560

5 December 2022 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Most of the websites you visit everyday are encrypted using HTTPS/SSL certificates, but DNS queries are not. This poses potential security risks such as outsiders eavesdropping on the domains you visit or even Man-in-the-middle attacks. Thanks to the DNS over HTTPS functionality offered for free by Google and Cloudflare, your Synology WRX560 router allows DNS queries … Read more about Synology: How To Enable DNS Over HTTPS on WRX560

How to Install SerpBear on Your Synology NAS

21 April 20244 December 2022 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

SerpBear is an Open Source Search Engine Position Tracking App. It allows you to track your website’s keyword positions in Google and get notified of their positions. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install SearBear on your Synology NAS using Docker and Portainer. STEP 1 Please Support My work … Read more about How to Install SerpBear on Your Synology NAS

mariushosting Facebook Group Reaches 35K Members

3 December 2022 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

A few weeks ago I talked about the great success that the mariushosting Synology Discord group is having. Today, December 3, 2022, I want to tell you about a new milestone reached on the Facebook group that now has more than 35000 new members. This milestone in particular is a wonderful accomplishment for our community, … Read more about mariushosting Facebook Group Reaches 35K Members

How to Install Conduit on Your Synology NAS

24 February 20242 December 2022 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Conduit is a fast Matrix homeserver that’s easy to set up and just works. You can install it on a mini-computer like the Raspberry Pi or on a Synology NAS to host Matrix for your family, friends or company. Conduit is a lightweight open-source server implementation of the Matrix Specification with a focus on easy … Read more about How to Install Conduit on Your Synology NAS

How to Install Mastodon on Your Synology NAS

24 February 202430 November 2022 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub where users can follow friends and discover new ones. On Mastodon, users can publish anything they want: links, pictures, text, video. All Mastodon servers are interoperable as a federated network (users on one server can seamlessly communicate with users from another one, including non-Mastodon … Read more about How to Install Mastodon on Your Synology NAS

Synology: Pi-hole Docker Version 5.14.2

16 January 202329 November 2022 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

On November 28, 2022, the Pi-hole team released version 5.14.2 of their product. You can install it for free on your Synology NAS using my handy guide. Pi-hole is a Linux network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application which acts as a DNS sinkhole, and optionally a DHCP server, intended for use on a private … Read more about Synology: Pi-hole Docker Version 5.14.2