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: World Backup Day

31 March 2021 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

World Backup Day originally began as World Backup Month, started in March 2005 by a hard drive company by the name of Maxtor which was later acquired by Seagate. Consider World Backup Day as an opportunity to make sure your data backup strategies are up-to-date. Check out the Synology Backup Solution Guide below. The Synology … Read more about Synology: World Backup Day

Synology: Advantages of Static IP

28 March 2021 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

A static IP address (also known as a fixed IP address) is simply a numerical address that never changes. A static IP is the one that the whole world sees, and every website or public-facing web-connected thing will have one. If you ask Google “What is my IP address?”, it’ll tell you what your public … Read more about Synology: Advantages of Static IP

Synology: Docker Update Version: 18.09.0-0519

1 June 202123 March 2021 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

. On February 25, Synology released Docker version 18.09.0-0515 and today, March 23, they have released a new Docker version 18.09.0-0519 that solves some issues from the February release. Unfortunately, even after over 1000 Feature Inquiries sent to Synology from its users, the daemon version of docker remains outdated and stuck on version 18.09.8 Docker … Read more about Synology: Docker Update Version: 18.09.0-0519

Synology: Download Station Update Version: 3.8.16-3566

22 March 202120 March 2021 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Download Station is a web-based download application which allows you to download files from the Internet through BT, FTP, HTTP, NZB, FlashGet, QQDL, and eMule, and subscribe to RSS feeds to keep you updated on the hottest or latest BT. It offers the auto unzip service to help you extract compressed files to your Synology … Read more about Synology: Download Station Update Version: 3.8.16-3566

Synology: SRM 1.3 Release Date and Rumors

28 May 202219 March 2021 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Today, while I was visiting the official Synology community forum, I accidentally came across a post by Sabrina who is part of the Synology Staff. In that post, Sabrina was answering some questions from users, and at one point she intervened announcing that there will be an important update to SRM which is the operating … Read more about Synology: SRM 1.3 Release Date and Rumors

Synology: Daylight Saving Time

21 December 202115 March 2021 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Quite a few people have been contacting me complaining that the time on their Synology NAS device (DSM) did not change automatically with the transition to Daylight Saving Time. Why is this? This likely happened because they’ve set their Time Setting to “Manually” in their Regional Options settings. How can you fix this? Go to … Read more about Synology: Daylight Saving Time