Many of you have contacted me asking for my opinion on the Synology BeeStation, a fledgling new addition to the range of Synology products. The BeeStation is available globally as of today, March 6, 2024. It’s no coincidence the Internet has been flooded with BeeStation reviews on this exact day, with Youtubers and Bloggers alike … Read more about 5 Reasons Why You Should Not Buy a Synology BeeStation
For years I’ve run Docker containers on my Synology NAS and UGREEN NAS boxes and relied on Watchtower for automatic updates. It was convenient until it wasn’t. Silent image updates started breaking services, containers failed to restart properly, and I lost visibility and control over when and how changes happened. After trying several alternatives I … Read more about How to Schedule Automatic Container Updates in Dockhand
My previous guide for Dashy involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Dashy version via Portainer. Dashy helps you organize your self-hosted services by making them accessible from a single dashboard. Dashy is an open source, highly customizable, easy to use, privacy-respecting dashboard app like Homarr, Flame, … Read more about Synology Install Dashy with Portainer
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
LibreOffice is a free and powerful office suite, and a successor to OpenOffice. Its clean interface and feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install LibreOffice on your Synology NAS using Docker. STEP 1 Please Support My work by … Read more about How to Install LibreOffice on Your Synology NAS
Should your Synology NAS be always on, or can you turn it off from time to time? First of all, you need to know that a Synology NAS is built to stay turned on 24/7 without it ever needing to be turned off. It is also essential to connect a good UPS to it so … Read more about Synology NAS Always On: Yay or Nay?