Joomla may not be the most popular content management system in use today, but it’s not very far behind Drupal and WordPress content management systems (CMS). It’s an open-source platform and works great in Linux systems, including Ubuntu. If you’re running Windows and want to use Joomla, using Windows with WSL 2 might be your best option and the steps below will show you how to do that. With WSL, you can install a full Linux operating system inside Windows....

Magnolia is an open-source content management framework based on Java. It allows anyone to build and maintain websites for any purpose. Developed by Magnolia International Ltd, it supports multi-language, multi-site on an enterprise scale. Whether you’re creating a personal or business website, Magnolia CMS can help you create and manage your content on every device with its intuitive and powerful admin dashboard. Magnolia is a Java-based CMS, so you must have Java installed to use it....

Nessus is an open-source vulnerability assessment and penetration testing tool one can install and use on a variety of platforms including, Raspberry Pi. It uses the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) architecture to make vulnerability assessment simple, easy, and intuitive. For companies and individuals looking for a security and vulnerability scanner to secure their environments, Nessus should come in handy. More information on Nessus can be found on their official website....

It provides full website analytics for small and medium size businesses and webmasters who want to know how their web pages are performing and how to improve them. When you want to take full control of your website analytics and data without using third-party solutions, like Google Analytics, then OWA is a great place to start. OWA also comes with built-in support for tracking websites made with popular content management frameworks such as WordPress and MediaWiki and comes with other features that may not be available with other analytics platforms....

PowerDNS is a free, open-source, and cross-platform authoritative nameserver written in C++. It comes with features to create authoritative DNS, Recursive DNS, DNS loading balancer, and many more. If you are looking for a fast, scalable, and efficient DNS platform to manage your DNS zones, then PowerDNS should be considered. It supports several databases such as MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and Oracle to store zone files and records. Below we will show you how to install and use PowerDNS in Ubuntu Linux....

Robo 3T is a free, open-source, cross-platform MongoDB GUI management tool with an embedded mongo shell, real auto-completion support, and boat load of features that anyone can use to manage MongoDB databases. Whether you’re using Windows, macOS, or Linux, Robo 3T should be right for you. Robo 3T comes with an embedded MongoDB shell – the same shell in MongoDB, full synchronous UI with modern and robust open-source community backing....

We recently showed you how to install VMware Workstation Pro on Ubuntu Linux. You can read that post here. Whenever you create a new Ubuntu guest machine, you should always follow up with installing the VMware Guest Tools. Without the Guest Tools, the virtual machine may not work as intended. The tools are now available as open-source packages called Open VM Tools (OVT) and are available via Ubuntu default package repositories....

XAMPP is a free, open-source, and cross-platform PHP development environment containing Apache, MariaDB PHP, and Perl script programing language. XAMPP is easy to install and use. It is primarily used as a local development environment to test codes and applications based on PHP and Perl. It started as a Windows tool for testing open-source web applications. Now, XAMPP has supported by popular Linux environments, including Ubuntu. You shouldn’t use this tool in a production environment....

If you want a Content Management System (CMS) that has enterprise-class features, is scalable and performs at a high level, then Zenario CMS is a good place to start. Zenario 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....

The tool is user-friendly and allows system admins to manage the Ubuntu firewall module. You can use UFW to enable and manage firewall rules as well as disable it if it’s already enabled. This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to enable and manage Ubuntu firewalls on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 servers and create rules that will keep your server secured and protected from external threats. When you’re ready to manage the Ubuntu firewall, follow the steps below:...

Instagram is a platform that lets you share visual content and interact with other users. Audiences can hit like or leave a comment to show appreciation for a post. Recently this platform enables you to pin a comment to make a better engagement with the audience. How to pin and unpin a comment on Instagram easily? Pinned comment feature is rolled out to create a positive vibe amidst harassment commonly occurs in popular accounts....

The guest account had limited access – allowing them to perform basic tasks like browsing the web without permission to install or changes the system in any way. Once Windows reboots, the data created in the guest account during the session are automatically erased or deleted. Windows 11 doesn’t have a useful guest account anymore. The account is hidden and can’t be used as a guest account – providing users temporary access in Windows....

The default web browser in Windows 11 is Microsoft Edge. It is built on the same codebase as Google Chrome and is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, Linux, and macOS. If you can’t open Microsoft Edge, or if it opens briefly and then closes, or if you’re unable to open specific web pages, there might be issues with Microsoft Edge. When you have a problem with Edge, you can use its built-in tool to repair it....

Windows allows users to repair apps and programs that are not running correctly. When you repair an app, its settings configurations and other apps’ data are refreshed and not deleted. Apps that support repair may also support reset. If you tried the repair option for an app and the issue persists, you may want to reset it to its default. When you reset an app to its default, all data, settings, and preferences will permanently be deleted....

When you want to run your website over HTTPS, you’ll have to install SSL certificates. You can either pay for certificates from a certificate authority or get free ones from Let’s Encrypt. Let’s Encrypt is a certificate authority (CA) that provides free SSL/TLS certificates using a fully automated process that eliminates manual certificate creation, validation, installation, and renewal. When generated, you’ll be able to install these certificates on your web servers to serve HTTPS traffic to your users and audience....

You can only set different backgrounds when you extend your display across multiple monitors. Once your display is extended to other monitors, you will then be able to set different backgrounds, and the steps below will show you how to do that. If you don’t already know how to extend the display in Windows 11, then read the post below to learn how. How to extend the display to other monitors in Windows 11 Once your displays are in extended mode, continue below....

As of now, there’s no easy way to show the clock on the second monitor. However, there’s a simple app recently created just for that. Its goal is to show the clock on the second monitor in extended mode. You can use this free program ElevenClock on GitHub to show the clock on the secondary monitor when using Windows 11. We hope Microsoft will listen to users and add this feature instead of having user download and install third-party apps to do it If you haven’t already extended Windows 11 on the second monitor, use the post below to learn how to do it....

When you install Zoom on Windows 11, it automatically adds its icon on the taskbar. You can right-click the Zoom app icon on the taskbar and close it. However, the next time you log back onto Windows 11, the Zoom app will automatically start up again. If you don’t want the Zoom app to automatically start up every time, use the steps below to prevent the Zoom app from starting up when you log in....

Windows 11 features a new way to present desktop and app notifications which help you stay informed and updated with almost everything happening on your device. However, some notifications are annoying and can easily be turned off or disabled. The new and improved notification area also include more programs and applications that can notify and alert you about potential issues or warning as well as basic information like event reminders....

Microsoft Edge browser is cross-platform and supports all Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. The new Microsoft Edge browser has adopted the Chromium open-source project code base which offers better web compatibility and performance over the legacy edge. A new feature added to Edge is its new Efficiency mode, which is designed to help extend battery life. It minimizes power usage by reducing resource usage (CPU usage) by modifying certain tab activity on tabs you’re not interacting with and putting inactive background tabs to sleep after 5 minutes or less....