Synology

Forums were a cornerstone of early internet culture and thrived in the pre-social media era (1990s to early 2010s). They were often the go-to spaces for people to connect, share knowledge, and discuss niche interests before modern social platforms invaded the Internet. A forum is an online platform designed to facilitate discussions and interactions among ...

DumbPad is a modern notepad application with auto-save functionality and dark mode support. It makes taking notes simple and easy. You can even add a pin number to protect your notes from curious eyes. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install DumbPad on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer. STEP ...

In February 2025, there have been major updates to several Docker containers. Because I always like to stay on top of things and make sure you get updated versions of my Docker/Portainer/Docker Compose tutorials, below is a list of Docker containers that have had important changes come out, which I have updated for you, my ...

YTPTube started as a fork of MeTube. Since then it went under heavy changes and it now supports many new features. With YTPTube you can schedule channels or playlists to be downloaded automatically at a specific time and easily download videos from more than 300 websites. In this step by step guide I will show you ...

Calibre, while a fantastic tool for its age, has several problems when containerized, including its reliance on a KasmVNC server instance for the UI, which is near impossible to use on mobile and is relatively resource-heavy if you’re running a small, lower power server like I am. For many, Calibre-Web has really swooped in to ...

On February 4, 2025, Synology released a new DSM version called DSM 7.2.2-72806 Update 3. Below I will guide you step by step through the process of installing the new DSM 7.2.2-72806 Update 3. This update fixes a vulnerability that allows man-in-the-middle attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators. (Synology-SA-25:01). STEP 1 Manually Download DSM 7.2.2-72806 ...

Ollama is an open-source project that serves as a powerful and user-friendly platform for running LLMs on your local machine. Get up and running with large language models. DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence company that develops open-source large language models (LLMs). DeepSeek feels and works very much like ChatGPT. In this step by step ...

Calibre, while a fantastic tool for its age, has several problems when containerized, including its reliance on a KasmVNC server instance for the UI, which is near impossible to use on mobile and is relatively resource-heavy if you’re running a small, lower power server like I am. For many, Calibre-Web has really swooped in to ...

YeetFile is a file vault and file/text transferring service, with both a web and CLI client officially supported. All content is encrypted locally, and the server is incapable of decrypting any transmitted content. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install YeetFile on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer. STEP 1 ...

Obsidian is a personal knowledge base and note-taking software application that operates on Markdown files. It allows users to make internal links for notes and then to visualize the connections as a graph. It is designed to help users organize and structure their thoughts and knowledge in a flexible, non-linear way. In this step by ...