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.

How to Install DumbWhois on Your Synology NAS

24 August 202527 January 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

DumbWhois is a simple web application for looking up WHOIS, IP, and ASN information using free APIs. The application automatically detects the type of query and provides formatted results with a clean, modern UI that supports both light and dark modes. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install DumbWhois on … Read more about How to Install DumbWhois on Your Synology NAS

Synology Install Plex With Portainer

15 February 202626 January 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

My previous guide for Plex involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Plex version via Portainer. Plex is a client-server media player system, plus an ancillary software suite. The Plex Media Server desktop application runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Plex gives you one place to find … Read more about Synology Install Plex With Portainer

How to Install Hyperpipe on Your Synology NAS

29 November 202526 January 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Hyperpipe is a Privacy Respecting Frontend for YouTube Music inspired and built with the help of Piped and YouTube’s InnerTube API. In the guide below you will install not only Hyperpipe, but Piped as well to raise your privacy to unbelievable levels. One of the things I most appreciate about Hyperpipe and Piped is that … Read more about How to Install Hyperpipe on Your Synology NAS

How to Install Stump on Your Synology NAS

11 October 202526 January 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Stump is a free and open source comics, manga and digital book server with OPDS support, created with Rust, Axum, Prisma and React. Designed to be fast, beautiful, configurable, and easy to use. Curate your digital library and stream your media to any device, supporting a wide range of file formats. In this step by … Read more about How to Install Stump on Your Synology NAS

Synology: How to Check Linux Kernel Version

28 August 202525 January 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Synology’s operating system, DSM, is a GNU/Linux distro. It runs the exact same stuff as any other Linux distro, including the kernel and all services and the filesystem. Today I will teach you how to find out what is your Linux Kernel version on your Synology NAS device. STEP 1 Please Support My work by … Read more about Synology: How to Check Linux Kernel Version

How to Install Dockge on Your Synology NAS

24 August 202525 January 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Dockge is a fancy, easy-to-use and reactive self-hosted docker compose.yaml stack-oriented manager alternative to Portainer. With Dockge you can easily manage your compose.yaml files, providing a central point for all your Docker configuration needs. Includes options to create, edit, start, stop, restart, and delete Docker configurations, offering full lifecycle management of your Docker environments. In … Read more about How to Install Dockge on Your Synology NAS