The admin portal installed with OpenLiteSpeed makes it easier for new users and students to manage the server. From the admin portal, one can configure advanced web server settings, manage users’ permissions and restart services. The steps below will also show you how to install MariaDB, and PHP8.0 to enable you to create a dynamic website that can run popular open-source content management systems, like WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal. If you’re looking for an alternative to popular webservers like Apache and Nginx, OpenLiteSpeed should be considered....

OrangeHRM system is designed to allow enterprises and business owners to manage Personnel Information Management, Employee Self Service, Leave, Time & Attendance, Benefits, and Recruitment. When deciding on what open-source Human Resource Management platform to use to run your HR department, OrangeHRM is a good place to start. This open-source HRM software is written in PHP and offers features that help you run your business and collaborate with your employees and vendors....

phpBB requires the LAMP / LEMP stack to function. It is easy to set up and maintain and completely free. Many reputable online forum communities use this software to run their bulletin boards. If you’re looking for a feature-rich, efficient and free community bulletin board, then you may want to consider phpBB. To get started with installing phpBB, follow the steps below: Install Apache2 phpBB is PHP-based and requires a webserver....

Pip is a python package manager for installing, maintaining, and upgrading Python packages. It is used to search, download and install packages from the Python package index as well as other indexes. Python comes in either python 2 or Python 3. Most systems today will install Python 3 as the default. For systems that depend on Python 2, the steps below also show you how to install it. Pip isn’t installed by default on Ubuntu....

ZesleCP (Control Panel) is a simple, fast, and secure host control panel platform that you can use to host unlimited domains, emails, databases, and else everything from a simple web interface. ZesleCP comes with a lot of features out of the box including, Server Config, Domains, Email Accounts, SSL, Databases, File Manager, advanced caching, and more. With its auto-installer, you’re able to install and configure your environment, install Let’s Encrypt SSL, and get common packages and services ready out-of-the-box, with a best-in-class GUI interface with one click....

For security reasons, some networks are hidden from view. Although this is not a secure way to protect one’s network, some businesses still configure their Wi-Fi this way. When you encounter such a configuration when using Windows 11, the steps below show you how to connect to it. 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....

The project is managed by a worldwide community of volunteers that use the Internet to communicate, plan, and develop the OpenSSL toolkit and its related documentation. Most network communication apps and tools that use TLS / SSL protocols may have some OpenSSL tools installed in them. If you’re going to be using applications and packages that depend on the latest versions of OpenSSL, you may have to manually install it on Ubuntu systems....

Out of the box, Ubuntu won’t play your encrypted or protected DVDs – since most DVDs are protected anyways. To play DVDs, you need to have the right codecs installed. A codec is a piece of software that allows applications to read a video or audio format. If Ubuntu Linux doesn’t find the right codecs, it won’t play the DVD or play the encoded videos. Certain videos and DVDs are protected....

For most Windows users, this is all they’ll need to protect their computers from threats. The moment you start Windows 11, Microsoft Security is actively protecting your machine, continually scanning for malware, viruses, and security threats in real time. Besides scanning your computer in real time, Windows Security regularly downloads the latest antivirus definitions automatically to help you stay ahead of new online threats. Windows 11 will also come with the built-in Windows Security app and include an antivirus program called Microsoft Defender Antivirus....

With Yellow, you can browse your website, make changes and see the result immediately. It’s a great way to update your website. It offers features that may not be available to other PHP-based CMS, like WordPress Joomla, or Drupal. For one, it doesn’t need a database server, call it database-less. It comes with all features that you need but is smaller than WordPress, like SEO-friendly design, flexible CSS framework, and more....

OrangeHRM system is designed to allow enterprises and business owners to manage Personnel Information Management, Employee Self Service, Leave, Time & Attendance, Benefits, and Recruitment. There are many open-source Human Resource Management platforms available. however, when searching for one for your business, OrangeHRM is a good place to start. This open-source HRM software is written in PHP and offers features that help you run your business and collaborate with your employees and vendors....

If you’re looking for a highly functional eCommerce platform to manage your online stores, you’ll find OXID eShop to be useful. OXID eShop is built on an open-source core with support for open standards, which might be very useful in helping you run your digital stores. 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....

To view our previous post, please click here. WBCE CMS is a free, open-source, user-friendly content management system (CMS) that will help you build a PHP website easily across multiple devices, including mobile. WBCE lets you manage content with its intuitive user interface, granularly administer users and groups, built with powerful search engine optimization features and a responsive design that support all modern devices. This CMS platform is fast and lightweight, gives webmasters modular and extensible features, extensible via plugins to collaborate and automate engaging experiences with users across multiple devices, including mobile....

If you’re currently running your websites without HTTPS, it may be time to switch. Even today, most website providers are making all their customers’ websites HTTPS-compliant by default. So if you’re still running your Drupal websites or blogs not using HTTPS, then you’re probably doing it wrong. This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to convert existing Drupal websites from HTTP to HTTPS easily without losing your audience....

By design, Windows will show you notifications on the device’s lock screen, the notification Center, and pop-up notification banners at the lower-right corner of the taskbar on the main display. These notifications are there to help you so that you do not forget important events, and a sound will typically play with each notification. Windows also has a Do Not Disturb feature that allows users to avoid distracting notifications when they need to stay focused and is set by default to activate automatically under certain conditions....

This release is based on the Linux 5.15 LTS kernel to support newer hardware and filesystems, and additional support for OpenSSL, GCC, and other packages. The desktop version of this release supports GNOME 42 as its desktop environment and Wayland is the default display server. There are also additional packages including many other changes to the desktop which users may find useful. Those who want to upgrade their existing desktops and servers can upgrade directly to version 22....

This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install the Telegram instant messaging app on Ubuntu via Snap package management. If you haven’t used Telegram and you value apps that protect your privacy, then you should try it. Many other instant messaging apps put security and user privacy at the forefront, but Telegram is probably the most popular. It supports Windows, Mac OS, and Linux systems, including Ubuntu....

By default, Dock (or apps launcher) in Ubuntu Linux has application icons that are left-aligned or docked on the left of the screen. You can move the dock to the bottom or the right side of the screen if you want. You can also change the size of the dock in Ubuntu Linux. The applications icons on the dock are proportional to the size of the dock. If you increase the icon size, you also increase the size of the dock....

When a Wi-Fi network is hidden, you can’t simply scan and find it. It will not show up on the available network on your Wi-Fi settings pane. You must know the full SSID and type it correctly before you’re allowed to join or connect to it. For security reasons, some networks are hidden from view. Although this is not a secure way to protect one’s network, some businesses still configure their Wi-Fi this way....

This new extension menu will provide a single location for all installed/enabled extensions combined under the new Extensions Toolbar Menu icon. This was introduced in Chrome 76 and is only available if you manually enable it from Chrome’s flags page. Who knows if this might be enabled by default with future Chrome updates? Currently, extensions you install are added to the toolbar using chrome’s standard “3-dot menu”. This can clutter your menu bar especially if you have multiple extensions installed and enabled....