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 F1 Replay Timing on Your Synology NAS

2 April 202631 March 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

F1 Replay Timing is a self-hosted web application that overlays synchronized real-time Formula 1 track positions, timing data, driver telemetry, and race control information onto live sessions or video replays. It features an interactive track map, detailed leaderboard with gaps and tyre status, telemetry graphs, pit-stop predictions, lap analysis, and broadcast sync tools, all built … Read more about How to Install F1 Replay Timing on Your Synology NAS

How to Install TREK on Your Synology NAS

5 April 202630 March 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

TREK is a modern self-hosted, open-source travel planner that lets you and your group collaboratively build complete trips in real time. It combines drag-and-drop itineraries, interactive maps with place search and weather forecasts, budget tracking, packing lists, reservation management, and full PDF exports into one beautiful, installable Progressive Web App with offline support. Fully private … Read more about How to Install TREK on Your Synology NAS

How to Install Mealie on Your UGREEN NAS

29 March 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Mealie is a self hosted recipe manager and meal planner with a RestAPI backend and a reactive frontend application built in Vue for a pleasant user experience for the whole family. Easily add recipes into your database by providing the URL and Mealie will automatically import the relevant data or add a family recipe with … Read more about How to Install Mealie on Your UGREEN NAS

How to Install Dynacat on Your Synology NAS

2 April 202628 March 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Dynacat is a lightweight, fast, and highly customizable self-hosted dashboard (fork of Glance) focused on dynamic reloading and seamless integration with external applications. It lets users build responsive pages via simple YAML configuration, featuring auto-updating widgets for RSS feeds, weather, server stats, market prices, media streams, Docker containers, and more, plus easy embedding of custom … Read more about How to Install Dynacat on Your Synology NAS

Synology: Huge Docker Container Updates March 2026

27 March 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

March 2026 has been an intense month, full of major updates, a few disappointments, and plenty of real talk from the self-hosted world. The good news is that Dockhand continues to grow incredibly day after day. What started as a breath of fresh air has become the preferred Docker management tool for thousands of us … Read more about Synology: Huge Docker Container Updates March 2026

mariushosting UGREEN NAS Facebook Group At Over 17K Members

26 March 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Created at the beginning of April 2024, the UGREEN NAS EXPERTS Facebook Group now sits at a whopping 17K members as of March 26, 2026. This beautiful number sparks joy in my heart because it means 17.000 people, NAS owners and tech enthusiasts from around the world, have come together to form this beautiful community … Read more about mariushosting UGREEN NAS Facebook Group At Over 17K Members