If you’re experiencing the Windows 10 taskbar not working issue on your machine, there are a few ways you can use to possibly get around the issue. These methods fix the elements that sit behind the feature and try to get your taskbar to work again. Restart Windows Explorer To Fix Windows 10 Taskbar Not Working Windows Explorer is one of the core utilities in which a number of small items reside....

Nowadays, everyone wants their websites to run faster. If you’re using Nginx with either of the caching modules above, mounting any of those cache pages in memory via tmpfs is a smart move. By default, Nginx will store its cache data on a disk. Even if you’re using SSD disks, caches in RAM will still perform better than on disk. If you have enough RAM on your server, one of the best optimization methods is mounting cache pages in RAM....

AbeCMS is easily extended with one dashboard for analytics, user authentication, and workflow management. There’s no database to configure – everything is created as a JSON document. Using AbeCMS to edit your content on the web should be easy and fun. No need for learning templating and HTML. AbeCMS hides most of that stuff and focuses on what matters most. For more about AbeCMS, check its homepage. These are the packages we’re going to set up....

This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to install and configure the NetData monitoring server on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 LTS servers. NetData also analyzes thousands of metrics per server, everything about the system (CPU, RAM, disks, network, firewall, QoS, NFS, ZFS, etc). A complete enterprise-grade network, server, and log monitoring system. This post will show you how to perform a basic configuration after installation. You’ll also be able to log on to the NetData server once installed....

Based on the concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can help you manage an entire project build process, including storing documents, reporting, and more. Installing Apache Maven on Ubuntu is pretty easy. Maven packages are in Ubuntu’s default repositories. One can run the apt-get commands to install it with ease. However, the versions in Ubuntu repositories may not necessarily be the latest. If you want to install the latest, you may have to download and install it yourself....

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. For more about CMSimple_XH, please check its homepage. This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to install CMSimple_XH on Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.10 / 18.04 LTS with Apache2 and PHP 7....

We’re now ready to install Drupal to help us build our first dynamic, professional, and beautiful website to publish the wonderful content we’ve been dying to publish. Drupal is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP which is used to create many of the websites and applications you use every day. With Drupal, we can create wonderful websites using free templates, plugins, and a support base to help us throughout the process....

ExpressionEngine has a cloud hosting service. however, you can install it on your servers and always own your content, and can take it with you wherever you go. ExpressionEngine CMS is built on an open-source core with support for open standards, which might be very useful in helping you run your digital content. This CMS platform is designed for ease of use to allow enterprises and business owners to collaborate and automate engaging experiences with users across multiple devices, including mobile....

FFmpeg is a free, open-source, cross-platform multimedia framework that anyone can use to record, convert and stream audio and video online or via any application. It contains libraries like libavcodec, libavutil, libavformat, libavfilter, libavdevice, libswscale, libswresample, and others. Applications and other tools can use FFmpeg libraries for transcoding and playing multimedia files, providing the best technically possible solution. For more about FFmpeg, please visit its homepage. When you’re ready to install FFmpeg, follow the steps below:...

For one, it doesn’t need a database server, call it database-less. It also provides native markdown WYSIWYG support, SEO-friendly, flexible CSS framework, and easy installation and management. HTML uses a unique algorithm to find or list any content based on date, type, category, tag, or author, and the performance will remain fast even if you have thousands of posts and hundreds of tags. For more about HTMLy, please check its homepage....

It’s mostly used with commercial PHP applications to provide another layer of security in an unpredictable world of website security. On Linux systems including Ubuntu, it’s installed on the webserver (Physical) and made available to PHP configuration. This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to download and install ionCube Loader on Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.10 and 18.04 servers with PHP 7.1 / 7.2 installed. To install this PHP tool, follow the steps below:...

Can I Run macOS on Windows? If you’re a Windows power user, you know you can run Linux or other versions of Windows within Hyper-V. If you’re a Mac power user, you know you can run Windows on a Mac with Boot Camp, or a virtual machine like VMWare Fusion, Parallels, or VirtualBox. But, can you run a macOS on Windows? You could run macOS on VMWare in Windows, but using VirtualBox is free....

The bottom line is that you should always keep your software updated. But how do you it? Well, unfortunately, Windows doesn’t provide much in the way of automatic updates aside from the updates it provides to your operating system, which we’ll go over below. As for other software you use, like the applications and games you download to your computer, support for automatic updates is usually pretty slim. Some software lets you enable auto updating but for others, you have to rely on third-party software updaters to do the trick....

On most Linux systems, including Ubuntu, there’s not a single program or tool to list all user accounts on the system. If you’re using the desktop GUI, you may be able to see all the user accounts as an administrator. Since there is no single tool to list users, we usually depend on system files to list the users. All system accounts created are stored in multiple files on the server, and by listing the content of these files, we can find out the list of users and groups....

Some businesses set up proxy servers to control what leaves and enters the network. A proxy server is a network device that sits between your PC and the internet or external resources. The proxy server makes requests for websites and services on behalf of the user’s computer. Once you configure a proxy server for your users to connect through, the users will also have the right to change or bypass the proxy server by changing its settings in Internet Explorer....

The new Windows 10 comes with a lock feature that will let you lock your computer without signing out of your account and ending your session. When you return you can resume from where you left off, and keep your computer secured while you were away with no access to your content and data. If you’re a student or new user looking for a computer to start learning on, the easiest place to start is Windows 10....

PowerShell runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS. It is commonly used for automating the management of systems. PowerShell is not an app that new users use regularly. Is a very handy tool mostly used by advanced users and those that know how it works. Windows 11 also has a command-line interface app called Windows Terminal. Now Windows Terminal is the default console to open installed shells like PowerShell and the Command Prompt....

Under the assumption that you have never built a computer before, we’re going to approach this rather weighty topic in as logical a way as possible. Desktop Or Laptop? If you didn’t know, the world of computers is being taken over by laptops. The appeal is completely understandable. We live a more mobile life now and simply buying a complete, portable computer in a single package is the easiest way to simply get on with your life and get some work done....

Unlike a hard disk drive, a USB stick doesn’t have any moving parts, meaning it has fewer failure points than other storage devices. However, it’s still very vulnerable to damage, so you could lose access to your irreplaceable data. How a USB Stick Gets Damaged There are two main ways your USB stick can get damaged: physically and logically. Physical damage occurs when the plug is bent or snapped off if it’s bumped or jostled while plugged into your device....

Firstly, it’s important to understand that some methods used to reduce the size of an image will result in a lower quality picture, which may be fine for a website, but not for printing. This usually occurs when you change the resolution of a picture, say from 2560×1440 to 1920×1080. Another way to reduce the size of an image is to compress the image. There are two types of compression: lossless and lossy....