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: Install Uptime Kuma With Portainer

30 October 20253 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

My previous guide for Uptime Kuma involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Uptime Kuma version via Portainer. Be the first who knows that your website is down. Reliable monitoring warns you before any significant troubles and saves you money. Uptime Kuma monitors your website constantly. … Read more about Synology: Install Uptime Kuma With Portainer

How to Install Calibre on Your UGREEN NAS

13 November 20253 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Calibre is a cross-platform open-source suite of e-book software by Kovid Goyal. Calibre supports organizing existing e-books into virtual libraries, displaying, editing, creating and converting e-books, as well as syncing e-books with a variety of e-readers. Editing books is supported for EPUB and AZW3 formats. In short, Calibre is a powerful and easy to use … Read more about How to Install Calibre on Your UGREEN NAS

How to Install LibreNMS on Your Synology NAS

3 September 20253 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

LibreNMS is an auto-discovering PHP/MySQL/SNMP based network monitoring which includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems including Cisco, Linux, FreeBSD, Juniper, Brocade, Foundry, HP and many more. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install LibreNMS on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer. STEP 1 … Read more about How to Install LibreNMS on Your Synology NAS

How To Install Home Assistant Supervisor on Your Synology NAS

7 November 20253 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Do you remember my article on how to install Home Assistant on Your Synology NAS? Today I will teach you how to Install Home Assistant Supervisor. Many of you have asked me how you can install the supervised version of Home Assistant on a Synology NAS, and today I decided to do an article about … Read more about How To Install Home Assistant Supervisor on Your Synology NAS

Synology: How to Factory Reset RT6600ax

11 August 20253 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

For one reason or another you may need to do a full reset of your RT6600ax router, say, you want to sell it. Today I will tell you how to do a full reset, called a Factory Reset, of your Synology RT6600ax router in less than 30 seconds. STEP 1 Log into SRM (the Operating … Read more about Synology: How to Factory Reset RT6600ax

Synology Install Code Server With Portainer

31 October 20253 March 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

My previous guide for Code Server involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Code Server version via Portainer. Code-server is VS Code running on a remote server, accessible through the browser. You can code on your Chromebook, tablet, and laptop with a consistent dev environment using … Read more about Synology Install Code Server With Portainer