In Ubuntu Linux, if your device has a touchpad, you can click, double-click, drag, and scroll using only your touchpad, without separate hardware buttons. Your device’s touchpad can perform similar actions as a mouse or other pointing devices easily without the need to have a separate mouse or additional device to point and click. When two-finger scrolling is enabled, you can scroll using your touchpad using two fingers. Tapping and dragging with one finger will work as normal, but if you drag two fingers across any part of the touchpad, it will scroll instead....

Percona MySQL server is a drop-in replacement for MySQL server. So, you can replace MySQL Server on your system, and applications that depend on MySQL won’t know the difference. If you want enterprise features with MySQL, then you may want to try Percona for MySQL. For more about Percona for MySQL, please check its homepage. This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to install Percona for MySQL server on Ubuntu 16....

Zulip brings teams together to collaborate on projects so work can get done as quickly and efficiently as possible. Whether you’re a small or large enterprise, Zulip can help your team communicate and collaborate. and these conversations will be available on the desktop, mobile devices, and everywhere you have Zulip installed. For more about Zulip, please check its homepage. When you’re ready to install Zulipfor Linux follow the steps below: Below are two options available when installing Zulip on Ubuntu desktops…....

Whatever you change the date, time, and day of the week format to, it will appear on the taskbar at the bottom right corner. It may also appear in applications and documents you create unless you override the format in individual programs. The new Windows 11 comes with many new features and enhancements that will work great for some while adding some learning challenges for others. Some things and settings have changed so much that folks will have to learn new ways to work with and manage Windows 11....

In our previous post, we showed you how to view the active power plan on your Windows 11 device. Windows 11 has multiple power plans. In some laptops, you’ll find Balance, Power saving, High performance, and Ultimate performance. Each plan provides different performance benefits and other savings including, improved battery life for laptops, reduced power consumption, and more. How to change device power plan in Windows 11 As mentioned above, Windows 11 comes with multiple power plans....

For users who are used to having the Start menu to the left of their screen similar to Windows 10, the steps below will them how to do that. Windows 11 has a setting to change the default configuration that lets users decide whether icons or the start menu should align to the left or center. Below is how to do that. How to align the taskbar (start menu) to the left in Windows 11 As mentioned above, Windows 11 has a setting to change the default configuration that lets you decide whether icons should align to the left or center....

If you’re reading this post, then you probably know a thing or two about systems’ MAC addresses. If you don’t know what a MAC address is, then you can read but you probably shouldn’t implement the steps below. This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users an easy way to change the Ubuntu system’s MAC addresses. There are many reasons one might want to change a system MAC address....

When every major update, a new version number is added to the platform. Back in 2017, Microsoft released the original WSL version 1 with Windows 10, and later WSL2 (version 2) which lets developers run a GNU/Linux environment, including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications directly in Windows without setting up a virtual machine or dual-boot. WSL2 is the new and improved version that comes with a performance boost, and full system call compatibility, and is built with a new architecture that delivers features that make WSL an amazing way to run a Linux environment in Windows....

The extra padding adds additional spaces between the items list which can increase the scroll especially when you have lots of folders and files, and may not be able to fit on a single view pane without a long scroll to the bottom. If you’re not using a touchscreen device, and have lots of folders in a view pane, you can restore the classic layout and enable compact mode. The compact mode fits a lot of items in a single view pane, by removing the extra padding and spaces between items in File Explorer....

Microsoft Defender Application Guard works with Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Office app, and browser to help isolate untrusted sites and prevents untrusted Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files from accessing trusted resources. When you install and enable the Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Edge, certain actions such as camera and microphone, and print files are disabled. For example, copying and pasting to and from the Application Guard for Edge windows is disabled....

By default, Ubuntu Linux displays system notifications on the lock screen and the desktop. These notifications help you stay informed and updated with almost everything happening on your device. In some instances, you may not want your notifications displayed on the lock screen when you’re not around and/or in public areas. The lock screen shows a background curtain that gets displayed when you locked your computer or step away for a moment and your computer goes idle and locks itself....

Microsoft Defender Application Guard works with Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Office app, and browser to help isolate untrusted sites and prevents untrusted Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files from accessing trusted resources. When you install and enable the Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Edge, specific actions such as access to the camera and microphone, and copying and pasting are disabled. For example, printing from the Application Guard for Edge windows is also disabled....

Ubuntu Linux comes with a feature that will allow you to play or hear a tone while pressing the Caps lock, Num lock, and Scroll lock keys on your keyboard. You will hear tone if you intentionally or accidentally press these buttons or keys. This feature is handy and should make you aware that one of the keys has been enabled, which can be good, so you don’t end up typing everything in capital letters or disabling the Num lock....

The new Microsoft Edge browser has adopted the Chromium open-source project code base and offers better web compatibility and performance over the legacy edge. Edge browser is a cross-platform which supports all Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. If you’re currently using Microsoft Edge and want to learn how to enable or disable its new Edge sleeping tabs feature, the steps below should show you how to do it. Microsoft Edge sleeping tabs feature is there to help improve memory and CPU utilization....

You can use AlchemyCMS to create your personal or business websites in minutes by creating markup pages and content. It splits pages into logical parts like headlines, paragraphs, images, etc. The only thing it stores in the database is text, ids of images, and rich text content. Nothing else. For more about AlchemyCMS, check its homepage. These are the packages we’re going to set up. Ruby version 2.5.3 Rails version 5....

Anchor is a super simple, open-source, content management system (CMS) with a slick admin interface. Its lightweight codebase is designed with performance in mind. This platform is for bloggers who just want to write and offers features that may not be available to other PHP-based CMS, like WordPress Joomla, or Drupal. It also provides native markdown WYSIWYG support, Drag-n-drop, SEO-friendly, flexible CSS framework, and easy installation and management. For more about Anchor CMS, check out its homepage....

This cm is built on the LAMP or LEMP stack. It lets you focus on building content by leveraging its easy management portal designs and technical quality without the bloats. Whether you’re creating a personal or business website, BlogoText CMS can help you create and manage your content on every device with its modern user and admin interface. If you currently running your website and content on other CMS like WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla you may want to give BlogoText CMS a try....

If you want an open-source eCommerce platform that is scalable and performs at a high level, then Cezerin is a good place to start. Cezerin is built on an open-source core with support for open standards, which might be very useful in helping you run your digital content. With its high-quality Progressive Web App features, you will delight your users and customers, improving engagement and thus increasing conversions. For more about Cezerin, please check their Homepage This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install the Cezerin eCommerce platform on Ubuntu 16....

Gitter helps users to easily create, organize and grow communities based on different ideas and topics.. others can join with just a simple click. Whether you’re a small or large group, Gitter can help your team communicate and collaborate and these conversations will be available on the desktop, mobile devices, and everywhere you have Gitter installed. Gitter helps you: Discuss topics in private groups, one-to-one or team-wide Easily share and view image files with others...

Students and new users looking for help installing the latest version of Grav CMS (1.5) from GitHub using Composer with Apache2 and PHP 7.2 support, the steps below should be a great place to start. When you use Composer to install Grav packages, you can easily upgrade from the command line with Composer, which is much simpler. Grav also has a built-in tool that allows webmasters to upgrade easily. but it must be configured first which may be intimidating for new users and students....