This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users an easy way to install and run WordPress with the support of HHVM ( Hip Hop Virtual Machine). HHVM was developed by Facebook to run applications that are based on PHP and the Hack language. Most will agree that HHVM is faster than the traditional PHP stack. So, if you want to improve WordPress’ performance, running it on HHVM, MariaDB and Nginx might help a bit....

With Windows Hello, one can use a PIN, facial recognition, or fingerprint to sign into their Windows devices. Windows Hello feature offers several ways one can ditch their passwords in favor of a more secure and personal method of authentication. To set up facial recognition authentication with Windows Hello, you’ll need a Windows computer with special hardware that supports these features. For instance, you’ll need a fingerprint reader to authenticate with your finger, and facial recognition authentication requires an infrared or Intel RealSense camera....

By default, Windows set the date and time automatically based on your time zone and country, and region. Daylight saving time (DST) is also set automatically based on the country and region you are in. Allowing Windows to manage your system’s date and time automatically will ensure that your PC date and time are accurate as long as you have an internet connection to time servers online. With all that said, Windows also allows you to manage your system’s data and time manually....

In a work environment, there might be shared network resources that most people frequently access. If you find yourself in the same situation, then mapping the shared network resource should be something to consider. When you mapped a shared network resource, it is assigned a drive letter on your local computer. You can then easily access the shared location simply by going to your computer folder and clicking on the assigned drive letter to access the network location....

The Start menu is where you’ll also find your Pinned apps, All apps, and Recommended apps (frequently accessed apps and settings in Windows 11). The Start menu is a modern or Universal Windows Platform (UWP) menu app. UWP apps can be used across all compatible Microsoft Windows devices, including PCs, tablets, Xbox One, Microsoft HoloLens, and more. When the Start menu stops working, there are not many things you can do in Windows....

Windows Security app is a desktop client interface app that comes with a Windows system that gives the user a security glance of what’s happening with the security and health of the user’s computer and helps them take action when necessary. Windows Security app is not an antivirus or antimalware app, but an information center. If Microsoft Defender is installed and enabled, device health and threat information are gathered and reported through the Windows Security app....

If you recently installed an app, hardware driver, or updated Windows 11 and the PC isn’t working properly, it could be something has changed and is causing the issues, and you might be able to get things running normally again by restoring the computer to an earlier point, called a restore point. Windows 11 creates restore points so that your computer can be restored to a previous working state. It’s like going back in time when you need it most....

For those who don’t know, symlinks are files that link to other files. also known as soft links because they’re only links to the original files. If these links are deleted, the original files won’t be impacted since they’re only link references to them. There’s also a hard link that functions more as copies of the files they reference than just literal links. In most instances, hard links are avoided since their copy original files and may not be suitable since you’re duplicating the original files....

It provides full website analytics for small and medium size businesses and webmasters who want to know how their web pages are performing and how to improve them. When you want to take full control of your website analytics and data without using third-party solutions, like Google Analytics, then OWA is a great place to start. For more on OWA, please visit its home page Install Nginx HTTP Server Nginx HTTP Server is probably the most popular web server in use today....

Secure Shell (SSH) is a communication protocol that allows for secure communication between networked computers. Using this post, you’ll learn how to set up an SSH key-based authentication on Ubuntu Linux and log in without entering a password. If you’re a webmaster or an IT professional managing an SSH server, the most secure way is to set up passwordless authentication and only allow public keys. Also, for students and new users learning Linux, the easiest place to start learning is Ubuntu Linux....

If you want a Content Management System (CMS) that has enterprise-class features, is scalable and performs at a high level, then Zikula CMS is a good place to start. Zikula CMS is built on an open-source core with support for open standards, which might be very useful in helping you run your digital content. This CMS platform is designed for ease of use to allow enterprises and business owners to collaborate and automate engaging experiences with users across multiple devices, including mobile....

By now you probably know a thing or two about airplane mode. If not, here’s a brief overview; airplane mode gives you a quick way to turn off all wireless communications on your PC, smartphone, and mobile devices. If you’ve traveled by airplane recently, you may have heard the attendants asking to put all wireless communication devices in an airplane just before the plane is about to take off. This is done so that wireless devices don’t interfere with the plane’s communication systems....

To use the share across devices, feature in Windows, you will need to enable and turn it on for all devices you want to allow “Shared Experiences” or “Cross-Device Experiences” on. The default option will allow your apps to be shared on devices you’re signed into using a Microsoft account. Most people have multiple devices, and often begin an activity on one device but end up finishing it on another....

Computers that do not support it, can turn on standard BitLocker encryption instead. By default, device encryption is enabled on supported laptops and computers using Windows 11. Device encryption will scramble the data on your computer into illegible code, making it indecipherable to anyone without a password or a recovery key. This increases the chance that your data will remain secured and protected when using Windows 11. The new Windows 11 comes with many new features and a new user desktop, including a centered Start menu and taskbar, rounded corners windows, themes, and colors that will make any computer look and feel modern....

When you turn on File and Printer sharing in Windows 11, other connected devices on the same network will be able to search and discover your shared resources. File and Printer sharing are tightly integrated when sharing resources. Below are the sharing capabilities available when making resources available to other computers on a network: File sharing – Allows users to share and make files and folders available to other devices on a network to view, copy, or change....

Creating a strong and unique password for each account online is not an easy feat. Using a simple password and repeating them across your accounts can be dangerous practice because one compromised password can make you vulnerable across all your accounts. Password Generator in Microsoft Edge is a game-changer. You can use a password manager in Microsoft Edge to automatically generate a strong, unique password suggestion each time you need one....

Recently we showed you how to install PostgreSQL on Ubuntu. Those who read that post and installed PostgreSQL may already know how to check the server version number. For those who don’t know how the steps below should help them. PostgreSQL is a general-purpose and object-relational database management system, probably the most advanced open-source database system…. you can also add custom functions using different programming languages such as C/C++, Java, etc....

For developers using Nginx and PHP with MongoDB database in the backend, MongoDB PHP drivers will be required to enable PHP support. Without the drivers, PHP-based applications and websites using MongoDB will be able to interact with the database. MongoDB packages are included in Ubuntu default repositories, however, the versions in Ubuntu repositories aren’t the latest. To install the latest, you will have to install the MongoDB package repository on Ubuntu Linux, and this tutorial will show you how....

By default when you open the Ubuntu file manager, it should find network shares that are automatically advertised across the local network. Similar to Windows systems, Ubuntu uses SMB protocol to connect to Windows shares that are advertised and shared. Remote users can connect over the network and access shared files and folders as if they were directly connected to the local machines. This is a convenient way to make files and folders available to other people on your local network....

Sometimes you’ll want Nginx to listen and communicate over not its default port, but a different port instead. when you want to do that, the steps below can be a good starting point. For example, if you want the Nginx HTTP server to sit behind a proxy server, then the proxy server must be configured to listen on the default port 80. In this case, Nginx must also be configured to listen on a different port than 80, since two services can’t be assigned one port to listen on....