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 Metadata Remote on Your Synology NAS

10 April 202627 March 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Metadata Remote (mdrm) is a modern, open-source web-based metadata editor designed for managing large music collections on headless servers. It offers a clean, user-friendly interface for editing audio file metadata, featuring intelligent metadata inference and edit history memory. With bulk editing capabilities, it simplifies the process of organizing and updating metadata for extensive music libraries, … Read more about How to Install Metadata Remote on Your Synology NAS

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

How to Install Foldergram on Your Synology NAS

5 April 202625 March 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Foldergram is a self-hosted web application that turns your local folders of photos and videos into an Instagram-style gallery. It scans a root directory, indexes supported media files, generates thumbnails and previews, and delivers a fast, feed-based Progressive Web App experience with home feed, explore, library, and per-folder profile views, all without cloud sync or … Read more about How to Install Foldergram on Your Synology NAS

How to Install Kumiho on Your UGREEN NAS

10 April 202624 March 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Kumiho is a lightweight self-hosted web media server built in Go, created for efficiently organizing and streaming personal collections of comics, manga, webtoons, light novels, and other image-based content. It delivers high performance with very low resource usage, making it well-suited for running on modest hardware such as NAS devices or Raspberry Pi boards. The … Read more about How to Install Kumiho on Your UGREEN NAS

How to Install Kavita on Your Synology NAS

12 April 202623 March 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Kavita is a fast, feature rich, cross platform reading server. Built with a focus for manga, and the goal of being a full solution for all your reading needs. Set up your own server and share your reading collection with your friends and family! Serve up Manga/Webtoons/Comics (cbr, cbz, zip/rar, 7zip, raw images) and Books … Read more about How to Install Kavita on Your Synology NAS

How to Install Scanopy on Your Synology NAS

4 April 202623 March 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Scanopy is a self-hosted network documentation tool that automatically scans your infrastructure to discover hosts, services, and their connections, then generates clean, interactive visualizations and live topology diagrams with virtually no manual effort or ongoing maintenance required. After a one-time setup, it keeps everything up-to-date through scheduled or distributed scanning, recognizing over 200 common services … Read more about How to Install Scanopy on Your Synology NAS