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.

Best Docker Containers For Recipes and Groceries

23 December 202510 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Do you find yourself not knowing what to cook for dinner and want to better manage your favorite recipes? Want to go to the grocery store prepared with a foolproof list of everything you need? Below you can find a list of some of the Best and Free, Open Source & Self Hosted Applications that … Read more about Best Docker Containers For Recipes and Groceries

How to Install Bitmagnet on Your Synology NAS

8 October 202610 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Bitmagnet is a self-hosted BitTorrent indexer, DHT crawler, content classifier and torrent search engine with web UI, GraphQL API and Servarr stack integration. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Bitmagnet on your Synology NAS using Docker and Portainer. STEP 1 Please Support My work by Making a Donation. STEP 2 … Read more about How to Install Bitmagnet on Your Synology NAS

How to Install Pingvin Share on Your Synology NAS

10 October 202610 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Pingvin Share is self-hosted file sharing platform and an alternative to WeTransfer. With Pingvin Share there is no file size limit that you can share, only your disk will be your limit. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Pingvin Share on your Synology NAS using Docker. STEP 1 … Read more about How to Install Pingvin Share on Your Synology NAS

Synology: How to Enable DoS Protection on WRX560

15 October 20269 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

DoS (Denial of Service) attacks bombard a computer system with numerous requests exceeding the target’s capability. The attacked computer may miss important data/service requests (e.g. email messages) from outside, and suffer from limited Internet bandwidth and system resources. Denial of service is typically accomplished by flooding the targeted machine or resource, in this case the … Read more about Synology: How to Enable DoS Protection on WRX560

Synology: Best Docker Containers For PDF Management

18 November 20258 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

When you work with PDF documents extensively on your Synology NAS, the best thing you can do is to manage them correctly. There are plenty of free Docker applications that will help you with your everyday document management. You can use these apps to manage your PDF files so that you can reduce your work … Read more about Synology: Best Docker Containers For PDF Management

How to Install Paisa on Your Synology NAS

4 October 20268 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Paisa is an open-source personal finance manager designed to help users track and manage their financial activities. It supports tracking investments like mutual funds and stocks, categorizing expenses, setting budgets, and planning financial goals. Built on plain text accounting principles, Paisa uses tools like Ledger, hledger, or Beancount as backends and offers a user-friendly graphical … Read more about How to Install Paisa on Your Synology NAS