Bludit is an open-source flat-file CMS with a slick admin interface and gaining a lot of attention. It offers features that may not be available to other PHP-based content management systems, like WordPress Joomla, or Drupal. When you’re looking for a truly open-source, flat-file content management system to power your website or blog, you should look at Bludit CMS. For one, it doesn’t need a database server to function. it’s a flat-file CMS....

For one, it doesn’t need a database server, all its data is simply stored in the file system (file-based, flat file CMS). It also provides native markdown WYSIWYG support, SEO friendly, flexible CSS framework with no installation required. Its built-in access controls and authentication connectors make DokuWiki especially useful in the enterprise and for personal use as well. For more about DokuWiki, please check its homepage. This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to install DokuWiki on Ubuntu 16....

For webmasters or anyone managing a Linux server that is accessible over the Internet, the risk of the server being compromised is high, so implementing best security practices to help mitigate these attacks should be a priority. There are many tools to help protect Linux servers. One such tool is known as Fail2ban. Fail2ban is a tool that helps protect Linux servers from brute force and other automated attacks by monitoring the services logs for malicious activity....

Our previous tutorial showed you how to run Froxlor with Apache2. For students or new users looking for a Linux system to start learning on, the easiest place to start is Ubuntu Linux OS. It’s a great Linux operating system for beginners. Ubuntu is an open-source Linux operating system that runs on desktops, laptops, servers, and other devices. Back to Froxlor. Froxlor is free, simple, and lightweight server control software that you can use to manage your servers in a web hosting environment from which you can manage and control domains, SSL, MySQL databases, and other web hosting features from a simple web interface....

X2CRM is an open-source CRM platform for businesses and individuals with marketing, sale, and customer service departments. It offers a CRM workflow engine and features that are intuitive and easy to configure and set up. When looking for an enterprise Customer Relationship Management platform for your business, X2CRM is a good place to start. This open-source CRM software is built on the LAMP / LEMP stack and offers features that help you run your business and collaborate with your customers....

This also gives everyone the right to create, delete and modify folders and files saved in that shared folder. This setup is perfect for locations where users are given access to temporarily store content and quickly move to other secure locations. Since everyone has the right to delete, create and modify, it’s not a suitable place to store private content for a long, but a good place to create and share information among everyone, and without restricting access....

This content comes in a variety of forms and can help you discover new features within Settings, or suggest new content and apps you might find interesting. By default, suggested content is enabled and there to help you discover Windows and other new features within the Settings app. For new users and maybe students, this may be helpful especially when learning how to configure Windows using its many settings. Leaving suggested content features enabled may help them use and configure Windows easily....

In Windows, one needs to click on a window to bring it into focus and make it active. Windows in the background are inactive by default. While windows in the background are inactive, users can scroll inactive (background) windows by hovering over them in Windows. The steps below show you how to activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse in Windows 11. Active window by hovering over it with the mouse using the Control Panel app As described above, users can enable or disable “Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse” in Windows 11....

Modern Standby, also known as (S0 Low Power Idle), is an improved power sleep mode that leverages all the capabilities of a modern chipset to remain connected to WiFi or other networks while in a low-power sleep state. Modern Standby also enables an instant On and Off user experience similar to mobile devices while also connected to networks in low-power idle mode. When Modern Standby is enabled in Windows, the device can either be connected, disconnected, or managed by Windows state which allows or disallows network connectivity during standby....

Windows 10 has a feature that allows users to use random hardware MAC addresses when connecting to a Wi-Fi network. This can come in handy, especially when connecting to public Wi-Fi or networks that are not trusted. Before your computer connects to a Wi-Fi network, it sends a request to join. The request your computer sends will include the unique physical hardware address (MAC) of your machine. This unique number can be used to track your computer location and activities....

Zipped files are compressed files that take up less storage space on the systems. They can also be easy to transfer to other computers more quickly than uncompressed files. When working in Windows, zipped or compressed files can be handled and manipulated the same way you would with uncompressed files. You can combine several files and folders inside an unzipped folder. The same can be said of zipped files. To add files or folders to an unzipped folder, simply drag and drop the file into the folder....

This is a security feature and is there so that when you’re away, no one can log in to your desktop session. This is pretty useful and, in some cases, required in a public or business environment. However, if you’re alone at home or in a private area, you may want to turn off this, so you don’t always have to type in a password when you return to your laptop....

The Pictures folder is important, although not critical. It simply provides a unified storage location for saved pictures and images so you don’t go looking everywhere to find the content you saved on your computer. When you import pictures and other images, Windows will attempt to automatically store them in your Pictures folder. This is the default behavior in Windows. If you are an administrator, you can also use folder redirection to modify or change the location of Pictures to reside on a network share or another partition....

Brotli ( br for short), is an open-source compression algorithm developed by Google that can be used as an alternative to Gzip, Zopfli, and Deflate. In some studies, data can be compressed by 10 to 20 percent more than current compression algorithms. If you want to use Brotli with Nginx, you’ll have to use the ngx_brotli module developed by Google, since Nginx doesn’t have official support, at least for its free version....

Simply pressing the Alt+Tab keys on your keyboard while holding down the Alt key, and tapping on the Tab key scrolls through your open windows. When you see an outline around the window you want, release the Alt key to select it. That’s the most common way to use the Alt+Tab keys in Windows. Alt + Tab normally moves forward, from left to right. If you miss a window, you’ll keep pressing the Alt key until you get back to the window you want to select....

A hostname is a unique label that identifies a machine on the network. You shouldn’t have two machines using the same hostname on a given network. If you decide that the name chosen at installation time or assigned automatically is not what you want, you can follow the steps below to update to a new name. Although this tutorial is written for Ubuntu Linux, it should also apply to other Linux Debian-based systems....

Windows 11 comes with a feature called Windows spotlight that shows beautiful photography from around the globe when you are not using the computer and it’s locked. On the lock screen, Windows will begin displaying the background settings you choose. You will also be able to choose system notifications to display on the lock screen to show you upcoming calendar events, social network updates, and other apps. To get started with personalizing your lock screen, follow the steps below:...

A new computer may come with a single hard drive and one or a partition. If you attach a new hard drive to your computer, it will typically attach with a single partition as well. You can create as many partitions as the system or drive allows. But you won’t want to do that in a normal situation. In most cases, one or two partitions on a hard drive are reasonable when you want to create separate partitions so that special data is on its one partition and not sharing the same partition with the operating system....

Windows 11 comes with a feature called Widgets. It’s an evolution of a recently added feature called news and interests in Windows 10. Widgets are feeds of content such as news, weather, stocks, and traffic that are automatically updated with live information from your taskbar. The widgets are activated when you click on the widget’s icon on the taskbar, swipe from the left using touch, or press the Windows + W keys on your keyboard....

The latest File Explorer version in Windows 11 now defaults to Home, which was previously referred to as Quick access. Home in the navigation pane is now the default view of File Explorer when it’s open. It allows you to quickly access and views your frequently accessed folders (Quick access), Favorites, and recent files on the left pane. Also new to File Explorer is that files from your Office.com account will now show in File Explorer Home by default....