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 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

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 ByteStash on Your Synology NAS

13 April 202626 March 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

ByteStash is a self-hosted web application designed to store, organise, and manage your code snippets efficiently. With support for creating, editing, and filtering snippets, ByteStash helps you keep track of your code in one secure place. In this step by step guide I will show you how to Install ByteStash on your Synology NAS using Docker … Read more about How to Install ByteStash on Your Synology NAS

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