Telegram focuses not only on providing an engaging chat experience but also user convenience. When your peaceful time is bothered by someone, Telegram allows you to block that user. Fortunately, how to block and unblock someone on Telegram comes easy. Reasons to block someone may vary, from sending inappropriate messages or cyberbullying. No matter what reasons you have, the person that you blocked won’t be able to send you messages until you unblock them....

Windows also supports a variety of languages, so choosing the correct country and region will also select the right currency, and date/time formats supported for those regions and languages. The steps below are going to show you how to change your locations easily on Windows so that documents, programs, and other data that depend on location settings can be formatted correctly. If you’re a student or new user looking for a Windows computer to use, the easiest place to start is Windows 11....

There are some applications and services that automatically start up when Ubuntu Linux boots up or when you log in. These apps and services are usually running in the background. Like Windows and other modern operating systems, you can configure applications to startup every time a user logs in to their desktop in Ubuntu Linux. Apps that you configure to startup will get started when a user logs in, in addition to the default startup applications configured on the system....

Ubuntu Linux lets you create a bootable disk that you can use to restore your computer when there’s a problem. For you to create a startup disk, the flash drive must have at least 2GB of storage capacity on it. Any data on the USB flash drive will be erased or lost when you create a startup disk. So, make sure you’re not using a critical flash drive and that you don’t have any useful data on it....

There’s a feature in Windows 11 that will automatically restart applications and programs (restartable apps) that were opened and running when a user signed out or shut down the computer. The next time the user signs back in, the programs or apps automatically launch. Windows 11 detects and saves running programs and apps before restarting. When the user logs back in, Windows will automatically restore the previously running programs. Not all apps can do that....

In Ubuntu Linux, if you find it difficult to see the keyboard cursor in a text field, you can make it blink to make it easier to locate. There are some people with a poor vision which makes it difficult to view small text or locate the cursor on their screen. For these people, enabling the keyboard cursor to blink can help. There are multiple accessibility features one can enable in Ubuntu Linux....

Laptops and other devices have touchpads that add the same functionalities as a mouse without the need for an external mouse. If you have a mouse and you don’t need the touchpad enabled, you can simply disable it with a few clicks in Ubuntu Linux. One reason users might want to disable the touchpad is the accidental movement of the mouse pointer or cursor with their palm while typing. You may want the touchpad disabled when using the internal keyboard on your laptop....

If you’re running virtualization software like VirtualBox or VMware Player, you may have to follow a workaround to enable pass-through TPM support to the virtual machines from the host computer. As far as I know, VirtualBox doesn’t have this feature, but with VMware Player, you can enable this, and the steps below will show you how to do that. If you’re running VMware Workstation Pro, there’s no need to apply the configuration steps below....

Do you want to know what your teenager or partner has been doing on the phone? If you smell something wrong with what they do on their gadget, it’s time to learn how to find hidden apps on Android and reveal the secret. Finding hidden apps on Android can be done within the snap of the fingers. But once you unhide the apps, don’t forget to hide it again so your kid or partner will not notice that their secret has been unveiled....

A Windows product key is a 25-character code used to activate Windows. The key is typically affixed to the back or side of the computer. You will need this key to you’ll need a key to activate it. If your device doesn’t have a key affixed to it, it may have a digital license key. A digital license (called a digital entitlement in Windows 10, Version 1511) is a method of activation in Windows 10 and Windows 11 that doesn’t require you to enter a product key....

AbanteCart is a free and popular open-source eCommerce platform based on PHP. It has comprehensive product features ideal for small, medium, and large businesses to create and manage their online stores online. If you’re looking for a highly functional eCommerce platform to manage your online stores, you’ll find AbanteCart to be useful. To get started with installing AbanteCart, follow the steps below: How to install AbanteCart on Ubuntu Linux with Apache support As mentioned above, AbanteCart is a free and popular open-source eCommerce platform based on PHP....

Anaconda is the world’s most popular Python/R data science and machine learning platform on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS. With 1,500+ Python/R data science packages, it has become an industry-standard platform for developing and testing Python/R applications. If you’re a student or new user 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 and folks looking for easier Linux distribution to use....

OFBiz is very flexible and comes with a wide range of modules, including Accounting, Order Management & E-Commerce, Warehousing and Inventory, and many more right out of the box. When looking for an enterprise ERP, CRM, and Product & Catalog Management platform for your business, OFBiz is a good place to start. This open source is built on the Java framework and offers features that help you run your business and collaborate with your customers....

As a system administrator, you want to know the health status of your infrastructure. You want to be aware of disk failure, memory issues, and other server-related problems before your users know. For that, you’ll need robust system health monitoring and maintenance software. If you need a robust, yet simple install and manage monitoring platform, then Checkmark is a great place to start. Checkmk is a self-contained software suite that combines Nagios with add-ons for gathering, and monitoring and comes with a web portal interface for simple management....

Crafter CMS is a truly modern open-source content management platform written and based on Java. It allows anyone to build enterprise-class websites for any purpose. The Community edition is free and licensed under the GPLv3 open-source license. Whether you’re creating a personal or business website, Crafter CMS can help you create and manage your content on every device with its intuitive and powerful admin dashboard… For more about Crafter CMS, please visit its homepage....

This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install Jamroom social networking software on Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.10 and 18.04 LTS. For more on Jamroom, please visit its home page When you’re ready to get Jamroom working on Ubuntu, please continue with the steps below: Install Apache2 HTTP Server on Ubuntu Apache2 HTTP Server is the most popular web server in use. so install it, since Jamroom needs it....

For those who don’t know, Go, also known as Golang is a cross-platform programming language developed by Google which makes it easy to build simple and reliable software. Go is used to build some of the popular software and apps in use today, like Kubernetes, Docker, Grafana, and a few others. It comes with support for Linux distributions, macOS, Windows, and more. For students and new users looking for a Linux system to start learning on, the easiest place to start is Ubuntu Linux OS…....

When you want to take full control of your website analytics and data without using third-party solutions, like Google Analytics, then Matomo is a great place to start. Matomo is the only analytics platform that gives you full control over your data and more: Free open-source software 100% data ownership User privacy protection User-centric insights Customizable and extensible Easy to use No data limits This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install Matomo on Ubuntu 16....

For those who don’t know, Metabase is a free, open-source platform that helps companies and businesses easily summarize and visualize large data sets without ever writing a line of SQL. It allows users to search through tables, then filter things down to find just what is needed without learning how to run SQL queries. Simply use its flexible GUI to look up data sets. If you’re looking for a free, high-performance database lookup platform for your business, Metabase may just want you to want at your company....

You can uninstall MySQL and install MariaDB, and your applications may not even know the difference. Since these two databases are identical, we’re going to write a single post detailing how to install both on Ubuntu Linux. MariaDB is maintained and developed by the MariaDB Foundation while MySQL is owned by Oracle. If you’re a student or new user learning Linux, the easiest place to start learning is on Ubuntu Linux....