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WD Colors: Difference Between Blue, Green, Black, Red, Purple, Gold

28 August 20265 August 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

In order to simplify the process of hard disk selection, Western Digital categorizes its drives according to the product’s features. Most people, however, identify them by their color and label abbreviation (WD + color). Currently, Western Digital offers Blue HDDs, Black HDDs, Red HDDs (including Red Plus and Red Pro), Purple HDDs (including Purple Pro), … Read more about WD Colors: Difference Between Blue, Green, Black, Red, Purple, Gold

How to Install YT Zero on Your Synology NAS

20 August 20262 August 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

YT Zero is a self-hosted YouTube inbox that delivers only videos from the channels you choose to follow, with no recommendations, no Google account, and no API key required. It pulls public RSS feeds into your own SQLite database, giving you a clean chronological feed where you can schedule, archive, tag, and organize content on … Read more about How to Install YT Zero on Your Synology NAS

Synology & UGREEN Dockhand Docker Version 1.0.40

1 August 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

On July 31, 2026, Dockhand switched from version 1.0.39 to the new 1.0.40 version. Dockhand fixes the following issues and adds new options: New – Git stack source badge shows the deployed short commit hash, and git url, branch in tooltip Fix: Git stack stop/down/remove now resolve panel environment variables Fix: The header clock falls back … Read more about Synology & UGREEN Dockhand Docker Version 1.0.40

How to Install Ruin Media on Your Synology NAS

30 August 202631 July 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Ruin Media is a Docker-based PHP web app that deliberately lowers the quality of images and audio files, with all processing done client-side and nothing stored on the server. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Ruin Media on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer. STEP 1 Please Support My … Read more about How to Install Ruin Media on Your Synology NAS

Synology: Install FileZilla With Portainer

21 August 202631 July 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

My previous guide for FileZilla involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest FileZilla version via Portainer. FileZilla is a free software, cross-platform FTP application, consisting of FileZilla Client and FileZilla Server. Client binaries are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS, server binaries are available for … Read more about Synology: Install FileZilla With Portainer

Synology: Huge Docker Container Updates July 2026

3 August 202630 July 2026 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

July 2026 has delivered another wave of major updates for the self-hosting community. Let’s start with the biggest news for Synology users: DSM 7.4.1 is now available. Synology released DSM 7.4.1-90080 on July 23, 2026. This is a stability-focused point release that mainly fixes an issue where a USB UPS could not be recognized after … Read more about Synology: Huge Docker Container Updates July 2026