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.

TerraMaster: D5 Hybrid Review

22 February 202418 February 2024 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Hello, everyone! For today, your friend Marius has tested the new TerraMaster D5 Hybrid. The D5 Hybrid is the industry’s first hybrid direct-attached disk enclosure. It can accommodate up to 2 SATA HDDs/SSDs and 3 M.2 2280 NVMe SSDs, combining the advantages of HDDs’ massive capacity and SSDs’ high-speed performance simultaneously! At this point, it’s … Read more about TerraMaster: D5 Hybrid Review

Synology Install Lidarr with Portainer

21 April 202417 February 2024 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

My previous guide for Lidarr involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Lidarr version via Portainer. Lidarr is a music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new albums from your favorite artists and will interface with clients and indexers … Read more about Synology Install Lidarr with Portainer

Synology Install Sonarr with Portainer

21 April 202416 February 2024 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

My previous guide for Sonarr involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Sonarr version via Portainer. Sonarr is a PVR (Personal video recorder) for usenet and bittorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new episodes of your favorite shows and will grab, sort and rename … Read more about Synology Install Sonarr with Portainer

Synology Router: How To Enable DNS Over HTTPS

23 March 202415 February 2024 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 router allows DNS queries … Read more about Synology Router: How To Enable DNS Over HTTPS

Synology Install Radarr with Portainer

27 April 202415 February 2024 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

My previous guide for Radarr involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Radarr version via Portainer. Radarr is a movie collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new movies and will interface with clients and indexers to grab, sort, and … Read more about Synology Install Radarr with Portainer

How to Install Zabbix on Your Synology NAS

27 April 202414 February 2024 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Zabbix is a software that monitors numerous parameters of a network and the health and integrity of servers. Zabbix uses a flexible notification mechanism that allows users to configure e-mail-based alerts for virtually any event. This allows a fast reaction to server problems. Zabbix offers excellent reporting and data visualization features based on the stored … Read more about How to Install Zabbix on Your Synology NAS