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Apache is the most popular web server in use today. It is almost always chosen to run websites offered by hosting providers managed by cPanel or other management tools. For those managing their own servers or having the means to install alternative webservers, this tutorial should be helpful. Nginx is another webserver that has been gaining popularity over time. It’s easy to manage, lightweight and fast. For most webmasters, there’s no need to switch, but others may find Nginx more useful in certain situations than Apache....

Similar to a magnifying glass, the Magnifier app in Windows is used to produce a magnified image of an object on one’s screen so one can see and read better. This is useful for people with poor vision or has difficulties seeing objects on their computer screen. There are many settings one can use with Magnifier in Windows. Once enabled, you can customize the Magnifier zoom level, smooth the edges of images and text, change how the mouse pointer works with Magnifier, and many other settings....

This is useful in situations where you are in a remote area with a mobile (cellular) network only, and you wish to share your internet connection with other devices so they all can connect to the internet. With your cellular-equipped device, you can turn your Wi-Fi adapter into a wireless hotspot so others can connect to it, sharing the same mobile internet connection. Beware that when you share your cellular internet, your network data plan will be used and may cost a lot depending on where you are....

However, you also have the option to deactivate and uninstall the product key on the computer and transfer it to another PC or simply remove the product key and sell or give away the PC without its Windows product key. One this to remember is uninstalling the product key on a Windows 11 PC will not remove the digital license for it on Microsoft activation servers. If you then try to reactivate the license key on another PC, you may have to call in via phone if the re-activation fails....

The team at WordPress continues to encourage all users to run the latest and greatest versions of PHP. So if PHP 8.0 is fully supported, you may want to upgrade to it and make use of its newest features and enhancements that were released. At this moment, PHP 8.0 is not ready to be used with WordPress. WordPress 5.6 which is being released in a couple of weeks as of this date, might support it, but developers are still calling WordPress 5....

For example, if you want to find the location of the bash command, including its source files and help manual pages, you use the whereis command in Linux. 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....

Live captions is a new feature in Windows that will help everyone, including people who are deaf or hard of hearing, better understand audio by viewing captions of spoken content. When you enable or turn on Live captions, you will also be able to choose where to display captions, including at the top, bottom, or in a floating window of your screen. The captions window can also be resized, and appearance customized using different captions styles available in Windows....

Windows also allow users to move the Downloads folder to any location they like, including the desktop. If your primary partition is running low on free storage space and you usually download large files, you may want to change the Downloads location to a partition on a larger drive. Although Windows 11 is new, changing users’ folders including the Downloads folder isn’t new. This should also work in Windows 10, however, Windows 11 looks a bit different and the steps may vary a bit....

The Task Manager has been part of Windows since early Windows NT 4.0 / 2000, allowing users to view tasks (processes), start-up programs, services, and the overall performance of the computer. With the release of Windows 11 build 22557, Microsoft has updated the design of Task Manager to match the new Windows 11 design principles, including bringing a dark theme and automatically matching the system-wide theme. A new feature also in the updated Task Manager, is “Real time update speed“....

For those who also want to know how to install a specific version of Nginx on Ubuntu Linux, the steps below will also show them how to do that. The steps will also include options to find out what modules are loaded with Nginx on Ubuntu Linux as well. For those who don’t know what Nginx is, here’s an overview: Nginx is one of the most popular open-source web servers in the world....

HDR content on Windows offers better brightness and color capabilities compared to traditional content (sometimes called standard dynamic range [SDR] content). Traditional content typically shows details in a bright part of a scene or a darker part of a scene, but not in both parts at the same time. HDR can show a wider range of colors and light and more details in between the extremes. Unlike SDR, HDR shows details so that bright parts of a scene are brighter while dark parts can be darker, so you get to see all the details....

For students or new users who want to take advantage of all the great features Cloudflare offers, the steps below should help you get there. This setup might take a while to complete and the process below should work on other websites as well. It doesn’t have to be Joomla. This setup should work on other CMSs and plain HTML sites out of the box. When you’re ready to set up your server and Cloudflare to use Origin Certificate, follow the steps below:...

Windows comes with a feature that allows you to right-click on a file or folder and copies its full path. There are multiple ways one can copy paths of files and folders in Windows. When you use the Copy as a path, it will copy the full path of selected files or folders wrapped in quotes to the Windows clipboard. The Copy address or Copy address as the text will copy the path of the selected files or folders without wrapping in quotes to the Windows clipboard....

Windows taskbar is a bar that sits at the bottom of your screen giving you access to the quick search box, date and time, frequently used apps, and applications that are currently opened and running. It is more than seeing your apps and checking the time. The taskbar allows you to pin apps directly to it for quick access when you’re on the desktop or unpin unused apps if you want them....

Although this is a useful feature, it can also be intrusive and maybe a privacy nightmare especially if an app is displaying private messages on the badge counter that you want to keep private. By default, this feature is turned on and enabled. You’ll always get pending notifications every time you sign into Windows. If this is something you don’t want, you can disable it with a few clicks. Below we’ll show you how to do that....

If you need a database management system with a native multi-model and robust user interface, including high availability, you may want to look at Dgraph. This database platform is used by small and large companies that process massive amounts of data. The system provides synchronous replication, and automatic failover so losing a hard disk or a server doesn’t affect services. This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to install Dgraph on Ubuntu 16....

If you’re looking for a simple and straightforward content management platform to manage your websites or blogs and 100% free, you’ll find Bolt to be useful. This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install Bolt CMS on Ubuntu 17.04 | 17.10 with Nginx, MariaDB, and PHP support. This post covers installing the latest version of Bolt, which at the time of writing was 3....

For the uninitiated, JOJO is a free content management system (CMS) based on PHP that is easy to install and set up. Web developers anyone who wants to build beautiful websites can use Jojo CMS to do it! With JOJO CMS, you can run unlimited websites from a single set of core files, smart handling of CSS and JavaScript, and it’s search engine friendly. It comes with support for any templates, inline editing, drop ‘n drop, any language with an intuitive backend, and more....

Although most people don’t use email clients on Linux machines, this one is a great program to have when using Ubuntu or other supported Linux desktops. There are two versions of Mailspring: Free and Paid. The free version supports all IMAP providers, including Gmail, Office 365, and iCloud, but doesn’t support Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. The paid version adds more features that are not available to users using its free version....

OpenCart is a popular and widely used open-source eCommerce and business management system based on PHP. There are many popular open-source eCommerce platforms for Linux systems based on PHP. If you’re looking for a true open-source eCommerce platform for Ubuntu, you might want to take a look at OpenCart. This post covers installing the latest version of OpenCart, which at the time of writing is version 3.0.2. How to install OpenCart on Ubuntu Linux with Nginx support....