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Known Learning Management System (LMS), still in beta is a social learning platform. It is built on the LAMP / LEMP stack and allows users to create an educational community and empower students to publish, work together and share across many social platforms. Some of its features include allowing students to easily post to the site, use hashtags, view and edit posts from any device, and many more. It also supports WYSIWYG with strong privacy settings to create space for individuals to share personal thoughts with groups or other users....

We’re now ready to install Magento to help us build our first dynamic, professional eCommerce store online and begin selling our products and services. Magento is an open-source eCommerce platform written in PHP, used by thousands of businesses, and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. With Magento, one can create online eCommerce product stores using free templates, plugins, and a support base to help you throughout the process. This is the seventh post in this series which can be used as a beginner’s guide to learn how to create a website domain, set up a Google Cloud server with Ubuntu Linux, and install software and packages to build and run a website online....

Sensu Go is the latest version of Sensu. It is a free, cross-platform, open-source monitoring tool that anyone can use to monitor systems and applications’ health. Sensu Go has three primary components: Sensu backend is powered by an embedded transport and etcd datastore and is responsible for automating workflows to route metrics and alerts. Sensu Agent is a lightweight client that runs on infrastructure components that you want to monitor....

For advanced sFTP connection management, including FTP (Standard File Transfer), FTPS (Implicit / Explicit File Transfer / File Transfer over TLS/SSL), SFTP (Secure File Transfer), SSH Terminal, and more, sFTP Client can help you execute and process these different connections easily and efficiently. Whether you’re a small or large enterprise, sFTP Client can help your team manage files via secure connections. and these connections can happen on the desktop, mobile devices, and everywhere you have sFTP Client installed....

If you are looking for a simple CMS system that is easy to install, simple to maintain, and flexible, then you should be looking at UliCMS. With UliCMS, you get a platform with a feature-rich editor, a user-friendly admin portal, a flexible template system, and built-in support for rich features that make your sites perform better. For more about UliCMS, please check their Homepage This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install UliCMS on Ubuntu 16....

You can now install and run WordPress on directly from a Windows desktop or server via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) without installing third-party apps or using a virtual machine. Back in 2017, Microsoft released WSL and later WSL2 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....

There are several settings and features on the power user menu which are not available on the standard Start menu. This menu isn’t readily available to prevent inexperienced users from stumbling upon it and using it to cause system instability. If you’re a power user and want to use the power user menu, then the steps below show you how to launch it, and use shortcut hotkeys to get additional settings and features open....

Managing Linux servers remotely via SSH can be daunting for new users and students. When you connect via SSH to a remote server, all you see is a terminal screen that allows authenticated users to run commands. For those afraid of Linux terminals, a better way is to connect via SFTP and use a code editor. SFTP is when you use an FTP client over SSH or port 22. This provides encryption and security over plain FTP....

If you’re looking for an alternative development platform with a set of tools to help build better software quickly, then Phabricator might be a great place to start. For more about Phabricator, please check its homepage. Install Nginx HTTP Server Nginx HTTP Server is probably the second most popular web server in use. so install it, since Phabricator needs it. To install Nginx HTTP on the Ubuntu server, run the commands below....

Organizations, teams, and individuals can use it to display their photos gallery and portfolio to current and prospective clients. This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install Piwigo on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Nginx, MariaDB, and PHP 7.2 support. To get started with installing Piwigo, follow the steps below: Install Nginx HTTP Server Piwigo requires a webserver and the second most popular web server in use today is Nginx....

The Open Source version is free to download and use and comes with an intuitive user interface, granularly administer users and groups, and a responsive design that supports all modern devices. Yclas can create the perfect marketplace for you. This 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. For more about Yclas, please check their Homepage This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install Yclas on Ubuntu 16....

When you install Ubuntu Linux, there are sets of default application icons that are automatically added to the Dock or launcher by default. One such icon that is added to the Dock after installing Ubuntu Linux is the Trash. When you delete an item, it is moved to the Trash, where it is stored until you empty the trash. You can restore items to their original locations if you decide you need them, or if they were accidentally deleted....

This post assumes that Spotify is already installed on your system. If you haven’t installed Spotify, use the link below to download and install it. Windows download – Spotify Once downloaded, browse and open your Downloads folder and run the executable. Now that Spotify is installed and you’re able to log in, use the steps below to disable Spotify’s autostart feature so that it doesn’t start up every time Windows starts....

This feature is also available on smartphones, mobile devices, and others. For most people, this is a useful feature especially those that find it difficult to spell or when a different language is used. If you know what you’re doing, and simply can stand the autocorrect, especially when selecting different words than the ones you want, it can be time-wasting, and the steps below show you how to disable it on Windows 11....

Microsoft Defender SmartScreen is turned on and helps protect your device by checking for unrecognized apps and files from the Microsoft Store. If you try to download a suspicious app, SmartScreen will show you a warning screen and identify the suspected threat, and gives you a chance to stop before anything bad can happen. These protections are built into Windows and it works with Microsoft Defender Endpoint on your device and in the cloud....

One thing you can do with Windows 11 uses its built-in BitLocker drive encryption to encrypt your hard disk drive to protect your data in case it is lost or stolen. BitLocker helps protect your data on your computer so only authorized users have access to it. If someone tries to access your BitLocker-enabled computer without authentication, access will be denied. Note that BitLocker isn’t available on Windows 11 Home edition....

For Find my device to work and allow you to locate your missing Windows 11 device, you’ll also need the Windows Location service enabled and turned on. Find my device works for any Windows device, such as a PC, laptop, Surface, etc. The feature needs to be turned on before you can use it. Once enabled, any time you attempt to locate the device, users using the device will see a notification in the notification area....

BitLocker helps protect your data on your computer so only authorized users have access to it. New files created on a BitLocker-enabled drive will automatically be protected as well. Users can protect external, fixed, and operating system drive using BitLocker. When you enable BitLocker to protect the OS drive, it will automatically unlock the drive at startup using a TPM chip. However, users can add additional security by requiring a USB flash drive and a PIN to unlock BitLocker at startup....

With files on-demand, you can choose to have your files stored online only while saving disk space or set files and folders to be always available locally on your Windows device. OneDrive Files On-Demand helps you access all your cloud storage files and folders in OneDrive without having to download all of them and use file storage space on your Windows device. When you turn on Files On-Demand with OneDrive, you’ll see all your files in File Explorer....

Windows uses artificial intelligence to help you type efficiently and save time. Typing insights is a feature in Windows that its uses Microsoft’s Ai and ML systems to learn to suggest words, autocorrect spelling mistakes, and interpret swiped typing. Typing insights is tied directly to the Touch keyboard and on-screen keyboard in Windows. When you use a Touch or on-screen keyboard, as you type, Windows make suggestions, and spelling correction so you can quickly finish a word....