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: Set Up Email Notifications on Immich

21 July 202615 February 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Starting from version v1.104.0, Immich introduced the possibility to set up email notifications. Have you already installed Immich on your Synology NAS or UGREEN NAS? If yes, I have finally come about to writing an article on how to set up Gmail notifications on Immich so you can now enjoy it to its full potential. … Read more about Synology: Set Up Email Notifications on Immich

Synology Install Radarr with Portainer

29 June 202615 February 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

My previous guide for Radarr involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Radarr version via Portainer. Radarr is a movie collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new movies and will interface with clients and indexers to grab, sort, and … Read more about Synology Install Radarr with Portainer

How to Install Kumiho on Your Synology NAS

22 July 202615 February 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 Synology NAS

Synology: Install Emby With Portainer

29 June 202615 February 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

My previous guide for Emby involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Emby version via Portainer. Emby is a media server designed to organize, play, and stream audio and video to a variety of devices. Bringing all of your home videos, music, and photos together into … Read more about Synology: Install Emby With Portainer

How to Install RustDesk on Your Synology NAS

9 March 202615 February 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

RustDesk is a free, open-source remote desktop application designed for secure and efficient remote access and control. It serves as a robust alternative to commercial tools like TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Splashtop, offering users the ability to self-host their own servers for complete data control and enhanced security. Available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, RustDesk … Read more about How to Install RustDesk on Your Synology NAS

Synology: How To Prevent Brute-Force Attacks

19 March 202615 February 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Synology NAS users have been the target of ongoing brute-force attack attempts, with IPs from all over the world trying to connect to people’s Synology devices. These IPs are a part of a botnet, a network of bots that is specifically targeting the NAS devices via hacked devices such as computers with security vulnerabilities. A … Read more about Synology: How To Prevent Brute-Force Attacks