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 SiYuan on Your Synology NAS

10 June 20257 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

SiYuan is an open-source, privacy-first, personal knowledge management system, support fine-grained block-level reference and Markdown WYSIWYG. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install SiYuan on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer. STEP 1 Please Support My work by Making a Donation. STEP 2 Install Portainer using my step by step … Read more about How to Install SiYuan on Your Synology NAS

Synology: Install Komga With Portainer

23 May 20257 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

My previous guide for Komga involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Komga version via Portainer. Komga is a free and open source comics/mangas server. You can easily browse libraries, series and books via a responsive web UI that works on desktops, tablets and phones. … Read more about Synology: Install Komga With Portainer

How to Install KitchenOwl on Your Synology NAS

30 June 20257 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

KitchenOwl is a smart, self-hosted grocery list and recipe manager. Easily add items to your shopping list before you go shopping. You can also create recipes and get suggestions on what you want to cook. Track your expenses so you know how much you’ve spent. In this step by step guide I will show you … Read more about How to Install KitchenOwl on Your Synology NAS

How to Install Firefly III on Your UGREEN NAS

28 June 20257 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Firefly III is a self-hosted manager for your personal finances. It can help you keep track of your expenses and income so you can spend less and save more. Firefly III supports the use of budgets, categories and tags. Using a bunch of external tools, you can import data. It also has many neat financial … Read more about How to Install Firefly III on Your UGREEN NAS

Synology: How to Increase Pi-hole Session Duration

6 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Pi-hole, the popular software for network-wide ad blocking, also lets you customize specific settings, such as the login session duration. By default, when you log in to Pi-hole V6, the session lasts only 1,800 seconds, which is equivalent to 30 minutes. The option to ‘remember the password’ on your first login is no longer available, … Read more about Synology: How to Increase Pi-hole Session Duration

Synology Install Dashdot With Portainer

22 June 20256 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

My previous guide for Dashdot involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Dashdot version via Portainer. Dashdot (or dash.) is a modern server dashboard, developed with a simple, but performant stack and designed with glassmorphism in mind. It is intended to be used for smaller VPS … Read more about Synology Install Dashdot With Portainer