The installation process should be fairly simple. and should take only a few minutes to complete even for students and new users. You will learn how to install WordPress with Nginx, MariaDB, and PHP 7.2, enable WooCommerce Plugin and start selling your products. To get started with installing WordPress and WooCommerce, continue with the steps below: Install Nginx HTTP Server on Ubuntu Nginx HTTP Server is the second most popular web server in use....

If you frequently have meetings or connect with people from another time zone, and you want to quickly find out the local time of the city they’re in, you can add additional clocks to the taskbar area to see the local time of the other time zone. Windows 11 will only show the current date and time of your time zone which will always be visible on the taskbar. Additional clocks can easily be accessed using the tool-top or fly-out when you click on the date and time displayed on the taskbar....

By default, the Network folder is automatically added to the navigation pane in File Explorer for easy access and a quick way to browse the network. In most cases, users should find it useful to have the Network folder in the File Explorer navigation pane. If you find the Network folder distracting or not useful, you can remove it using the steps below. Removing the folder from there won’t disable networking in your Windows....

When you do that, Windows 11 will still remember the password and other connection details but will not automatically connect every time you’re in range. A connection will only take place when you manually initiate it. This might be useful if you’ve previously connected to a public Wi-Fi network, but don’t always want to reconnect automatically when in range. Some public networks will display an authentication page where you’ll have to agree to the terms of use....

Some devices come preinstalled with Windows 11 Home in S mode by the original equipment manufacturer and are shipped to consumers. Windows 11 in S mode is a version of Windows that’s streamlined for security and performance while providing a familiar Windows experience. When you use Windows in S mode, you are limited to installing apps only from the Microsoft Store. If you want to install an app that isn’t available in Microsoft Store, or if you have Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education and want to upgrade to Windows 11, you’ll need to permanently switch out of S mode....

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....

ClickLock is another setting one can choose to enable users to highlight or drag items without holding down the mouse primary button. When ClickLock is enabled, you’ll be able to briefly press the mouse button to lock on an item using the mouse primary button, then drag it anywhere on the screen. To release, simply press the primary mouse button again. This might come in handy for people who have difficulties operating a mouse in normal operation by pressing and holding down on items to move around....

When you turn on Network discovery in Windows 11, other connected devices on the same network will be able to search and discover your computer. When Network discovery is enabled, a device sends out signals over the network to search for other discoverable devices. Windows comes with three types of discovery states: On – Windows devices in this state will see and allow other connected devices to discover it on a network....

This new optimization specifically applies to Windowed and Borderless-Windowed games without worrying about DX12 games as they already take advantage of the new presentation mode. Optimizations for windowed games work by upgrading the legacy presentation model used by a game to a modern one. This feature is currently only available in the Windows Insider Program (dev channel); you will want to click here to join and get access to build 22545 or above....

There are two categories of apps that can be installed on Windows: Microsoft Store apps and Transitional apps that are available are installed via Windows installer and also available from third parties outside of the Microsoft Store. Microsoft Store apps are those that are available from the Microsoft Store and can only be installed from there. Traditional apps are software that are outside the Microsoft Store and come with an installer and usually end with ....

Our previous tutorial showed you how to install WhatACart on Ubuntu with Apache2. This one shows you how to run it with Nginx instead. WhatACart is a simple, fast, open-source eCommerce system developed using the YiiChimp framework. YiiChimp framework is written on top of Yii2 and it’s great for building web apps. WhatACart software has everything that you need to build an eCommerce website for your business to run your stores....

The OneDrive app lets you sync files and folders on your computer with Microsoft cloud, allowing you to access them anywhere on your mobile devices and other computers using the service. You can back up your important folders (your Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders) on your device with the OneDrive app automatically. When you use the OneDrive app to back up your files, the files and data will be stored online on Microsoft cloud servers....

By default, Windows 11 will display a pop-up and asks you to select what actions to take when you insert a media or attach a new device. This works if you haven’t changed anything. However, if something has changed and nothing happens when a new media disc or device is attached, you may have to reconfigure its AutoPlay settings to restore the default behavior. To make things easy, you can customize the AutoPlay feature to automatically detect the kind of disc or media inserted and take actions based on the settings you defined so you don’t have to always choose what to do when a disc is inserted....

Using your desktop background in Ubuntu Linux, you can display photos of your family, pet, or other important people and places in your life. Ubuntu Linux allows you to change the desktop background with any photo you like. You don’t have to settle for images that come with your computer. Go and personalize your desktop to suit your taste. There are multiple ways one can change their background wallpaper in Ubuntu Linux....

By default, Ubuntu Linux sets the time zone automatically based on your country and region. Daylight saving time (DST) is also set automatically based on the country and region you are in. Allowing Ubuntu Linux to manage your system’s time zone 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, Ubuntu Linux also allows users to manage their system’s time zone manually....

In a Windows environment, the primary way to remotely connect to another computer is via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). RDP is just not restricted to only Windows environments anymore, thanks to xrdp. xrdp is an open-source implementation of Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDP) on Linux systems, including Ubuntu desktops. It provides graphical login to remote systems using RDP protocols. xrdp also enables two-way clipboard transfer, audio and drives redirection, and accepts connections from a variety of RDP clients: FreeRDP, desktop, NeutrinoRDP, and Microsoft Remote Desktop Client....

In our previous post, we said that VMware Workstation Player is virtualization software that allows users to run multiple guest machines simultaneously on a single host computer. These guest machines can then be configured to run multiple operating systems like Windows, Linux, and macOS. If you’re a technical person and looking to create an environment for testing applications and software, then VMware Workstation Player should be a great place to start....

Windows loads some apps in the background so that they can info, send notifications, receive updates, and do other things, even if you’re not using them. If you have a lot of apps running in the background, they can lead to poor performance at times. There may be some apps that you will always want to run in the background. But other apps that you don’t use at all should not be allowed to always start up and run when you have no use for them....

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. Microsoft Edge browser is cross-platform and supports all Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. If you’re currently using Edge and want to learn how to disable or force enable InPrivate mode, and help protect your privacy, the steps below should show you how to do it. By default, Microsoft Edge allows users to open the web page InPrivate mode....

7-Zip is a popular open-source archive utility built for Windows systems. Although there’s work in progress to bring it to Linux systems, that work isn’t fully done and the Linux version is still in Alpha. Countless utilities in the Linux environment do almost the same thing as 7-Zip. However, an official version of 7-Zip wasn’t available until quite recently, and only in console mode. If you need a GUI version of 7-Zip in Linux, you’ll want to use Wine to get it installed and this post is going to show you how to get that done....