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The Windows Security app is a built-in application that comes with Windows 11. It provides a centralized dashboard to see what’s happening with the security and health of your device and take any actions needed. The app has many sections that allow you to quickly see the status of your virus and threat protection, firewall and network security, device security controls, and more. This section provides information and settings for antivirus protection from Microsoft Defender Antivirus and third-party AV products....

This post describes how to use Apache2 with Pound as a proxy server. To install and configure Pound to be a proxy server for Apache2, then the steps below are a good starting point. Pound is an open-source HTTP accelerator. It is usually configured to sit in front of web servers to quickly serve HTTP/HTTPS requests. Pound can also be used as a load balancer to distribute loads across multiple web servers....

b2evolution is a refreshingly simple open-source content management (CMS) that has everything you need to build websites for sharing and interacting with your community. This cm is built on the LAMP or LEMP stack. All you need is in a single package. just install it and start using it. Whether you’re creating a personal or business website, b2evolution CMS can help you create and manage your content on every device with its minimalist and modern user and admin interface....

Flarum is a new, next-generation open-source forum software based on PHP. It’s simple to set up and use and makes online discussions fun. Individuals and webmasters can use Flarum to set up communities in minutes to stay in touch with groups of people or ideas. If you’re looking for a feature-rich, efficient and free community forum platform, then you may want to consider Flarum. How to install Flarum on Ubuntu Linux with Apache support As mentioned above, Flarum is a new, next-generation open-source forum software based on PHP....

The VirtualBox guest additions package enhances the virtual guest machine and improves the management of the machine. When you install a new operating system on a VirtualBox virtual machine, your first task should always be to install its guest additions software, and the steps below show you how to do that. The tool provides tight integration between the host and virtual machine operating systems; enables improvement to the VM graphics performance, shared folder between the host and guest machines, copying and pasting of text, images, and files between the host and guest machine as well as mouse improvement....

One popular alternative to PHP of the LAMP stack is HHVM. HHVM is an open-source virtual machine designed for executing programs and applications written in PHP. You can use HHVM in place of PHP of the LAMP stack to achieve superior performance. This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install HHVM on Ubuntu systems to run WordPress and other content management systems based on PHP....

It is a real alternative to Microsoft Office. 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. This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install the Hiri email client on Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.10 and 18.04 desktops. You get to try Hiri for 7 days. and if you need it, purchase a license to use it....

By default, IIS is not installed on XP so you will need to get your XP installer in order to install it. Pop it in your CD drive and then wait for the XP installer window to appear. Click Install optional Windows components: When the Windows Components Wizard appears, check the box next to Internet Information Services (IIS) and click Next: Wait until the files are copied then click Finish to install the IIS component....

Joomla — a free, mobile-ready, and open-source content management system (CMS) is a great way to build beautiful websites. However, to add an extra layer of security and improve your user experience, you may want to add Cloudflare, CDN / SSL, and security features. 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....

OpenCart is a popular and widely used open-source eCommerce content management system (CMS) based on PHP. It has everything you need to create and manage an online store. When deciding on which open-source eCommerce platform to use to run your online business, make sure to check out OpenCart as well. If you’re looking for a functional, high-performance eCommerce CMS platform to manage your online store and products, you’ll find OpenCart to be useful....

PHP composer is frequently used to facilitate the installation and update of dynamic PHP applications that need easier management. using the composer dependencies tool, these packages can easily be installed and managed. It maintains a list of required packages in a JSON file called composer.json. This brief tutorial is going to show students how to quickly install PHP Composer on Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.10 and 18.04 One requirement for installing Composer is to have PHP installed....

You will be able to securely connect all your files, teams, and devices in one platform. For more about Pydio, please check its homepage. This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to install and configure the Pydio file-sharing and sync platform on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 LTS servers. To get started with installing Pydio, please follow the steps below: Install Apache2 HTTP Server on Ubuntu Apache2 HTTP Server is the most popular web server in use....

This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to install Roundcube web-mail client on Ubuntu with Apache2, MariaDB, and PHP 7.2 support. Roundcube also comes with decent performance, simple installation and upgrade with support for IMAP and SMTP protocols (SSL, STARTTLS), sieve scripts support, integration with Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Dropbox, and many more via plugins. For more about Roundcube, please check out its homepage. Some highlights of Roundcube:...

Skype is also cross-platform, meaning it can be installed on Windows, Linux, and macOS. You can call others on Skype for free using audio or video anywhere. Skype for Linux was recently updated, and this new version adds some new features including, an enhanced user interface, cloud-based group chat experience, PulseAudio support and file transfer improvements across multiple devices, and a bunch of other fixes. Also, for students and new users learning Linux, the easiest place to start learning is Ubuntu Linux....

For printers, you purchase an older printer and may need the latest drivers from the manufacturer so that they work well. Pinter driver updates can be used to provide enhancements and fix bugs in the printer software in Windows. So, it’s always important to check for updated drivers. If you upgraded from Windows 10, you may also want to check for printer drivers for Windows 11 so that the printer can continue to work....

For those who don’t know Wine, it is a Linux emulator that allows users to run applications designed for Windows in a Linux environment. Linux is great and you may never need to run Microsoft Windows. One fact that you should not forget, it is very, very hard to avoid Windows in our society today. If you don’t want to run Windows but need an app that is only available on Windows, Wine might be used instead....

Zoia can be used for many kinds of websites, from small nonprofits to large businesses. Using Zoia to edit your content on the web should be easy and fun. No need for learning templating and HTML. Zoia hides most of that stuff and focuses on what matters most. Other features user registration, authorization, and password reset procedure; captcha; user and group management; navigation menu control; page management with built-in WYSIWYG editor and image browser/uploader; update management is available by default....

These tips will help you to reduce the strain Chrome takes on your CPU and minimize the memory (RAM) the browser uses. Hopefully following these tips will help performance regardless of whether Chrome is in the foreground or running in the background. We’ll start by looking at Google’s suggested optimization tips and then we’ll share some lesser known tools after. Steps for Optimizing Google Chrome Our first suggestion would be to install the latest Google Chrome updates....

Even if you don’t post any sensitive or private information on social networks (which you should never do), hiding parts of or all social media activity is a good first step. You can protect yourself from data mining, identity theft, catfishing, and cyberstalkers with simple precautions. For those who want to improve your privacy and safety online, here’s how you can make your social media accounts private. How to Make Your Facebook Account Private You can tell how strongly Facebook feels against your keeping things private on their social media platform by how difficult it is to figure out the process of making your account private....

In this article, you’ll learn everything you need to know about the XML format. Understanding XML is important for web development, programming, and anything that involves storing, structuring, and transmitting information. Read on to understand what XML is, what’s it used for, and how to open an XML file. What Is XML? XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language. XML isn’t a programming language, but a markup language. The other extremely popular markup language you should know about is HTML....