This brief tutorial shows you how to quickly resolve Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) and VMware Workstation Pro errors where Ubuntu failed to boot up properly. Currently, there’s no fix, only a workaround. If you find yourself in the same situation where Ubuntu 16.10 won’t boot up with running as a virtual guest machine on VMware Workstation Pro, continue below to learn how to resolve it. To resolve, boot into Ubuntu Recovery Mode....

Facebook offers a lot of features that come in handy. Birthday reminder is among the favorites as it lets you buried by messages and wishes when your birthday comes. But for some reason, you may want to receive only special messages from special ones that really remember your birthday. To get this done, you need to know how to hide birthday on Facebook. Once you hide birthday, your friends will neither be able to see your birthday nor receive a reminder when it comes....

One good habit to keep while managing your MySQL or MariaDB-based website is to always perform a backup before making changes that may break your site. Backing up can be a manual or automated task, but always take a good backup of your site’s content before making changes. Manually backing up MySQL or MariaDB can also be done by exporting the databases. This brief tutorial is going to show you how to export or import databases from these servers....

Chatwoot is an open-source, real-time messaging platform that also provides simple and elegant live chat for your websites, collaboration with other agents and messaging apps, and more. Businesses can use Chatwoot to connect with their customers on channels of their choice and can easily integrate with other chat platforms online to supercharge their workflow. If you’re currently using a chat platform to manage your messaging and connect with clients, but looking for an affordable option, Chatwoot should be a great place to start....

Lighttpd is a secure, fast, and flexible HTTP server with a small memory footprint compared to other webservers. Its event-driven architecture is optimized for a large number of parallel connections (keep-alive) which is important for high-performance dynamic applications. Drupal, a powerful and popular content management system (CMS) is the right tool to develop and build powerful and dynamic websites based on PHP is flexible and can be run on a variety of HTTP servers....

HorizontCMS is an open-source, responsive Content Management System (CMS) built on Laravel 5.7, VueJs 2.6, and Bootstrap 3.4 which you can use to build your next-generation websites and blogs. This lightweight CMS platform provides end-users with the tools to extend and build a sustainable web presence with one click which makes it easy to learn for users, and simple to code for developers. For more about HorizontCMS, please check its homepage To get started with installing HorizontCMS, follow the steps below:...

LEMP is an acronym for Linux (Ubuntu), E Nginx [engine x], MariaDB or MySQL, and PHP Scripting Language. It is a group of open-source software and building blocks for many of the web applications and the majority of the content management systems (CMS) in use today. Many of the popular content management systems being used today are using some combinations of this open-source framework. From WordPress to Drupal to Joomla and many others, they’re all using the LEMP stack to power their applications....

For the uninitiated, OCS-NG is a free asset management platform that is easy to install, set up, and manage and can run in almost any network environment. With SNMP protocol scans, you’ll be able to gather information about your network hardware: printers, switches, computers, etc. These devices don’t need to have an OCS client installed to be discovered. Simply install the OCS Inventory server and begin scanning your network. In no time, you should begin to see devices appearing in your dashboard....

Ora brings teams together to collaborate on projects so work can get done as quickly and efficiently as possible. Whether you’re a small or large enterprise, Ora can help your team communicate and collaborate, and these conversations will be available on the desktop, mobile devices, and everywhere you have Ora installed. Ora has almost everything your team might need to boost productivity. so if you need a platform that fosters collaboration, you may want to give Ora a try....

phpBB is a free flat-forum bulletin board software written in PHP. It enables individuals and webmasters to set up community bulletin boards in minutes to stay in touch with groups of people or ideas. phpBB requires the LAMP or LEMP stack to function. It is free, and easy to set up and maintain. Many reputable online forum communities use this software to run their bulletin boards. If you’re looking for feature-rich, efficient and free community bulletin board software, then you may want to consider phpBB....

You can use PushType to create your personal or business websites in minutes by creating markup pages and content. PushType offers features that may not be available to other PHP-based CMS, like WordPress Joomla, or Drupal. For one, you don’t have to worry about comments management and frequent updates. All you do is write your content and it’s instantly published. Other features like permalinks, categories, pages, posts, and custom layouts are all top content and SEO friendly....

SeeCMS is an open-source, PHP-based content management system (CMS) that gives you all the tools and resources you need to build great websites without the need for HTML or PHP skills. With its intuitive and powerful backend, you’ll be able to put together a website with ease. You also get a powerful search tool, backend analytics, drag n drop media panel, and more. This CMS platform is designed for ease of use to allow webmasters to collaborate and automate engaging experiences with users across multiple devices, including mobile....

TYPEMILL is an open-source, fast, responsive, flat content management system (CMS) and template engine written in PHP. All its content is stored in text files instead of a database. TYPEMILL is great for publishing text works like prose, lyrics, manuals, documentation, studies, and more than other popular CMS platforms like WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal may not offer. For one, it doesn’t need a database server, call it database-less CMS. Its browser-based dashboard offers an intuitive way of managing your sites....

If you’ve been following the news, then you must have already heard that as of October 2020 Update (20H2) release, the classic system control panel has been hidden in Windows 10. There were many new features released with this update and eliminating the classic control panel was one of the many changes added to this release. If you’re a student or new user looking for a computer to start learning on, the easiest place to start is Windows 10....

The Microsoft Store app is a modern Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app. UWP apps can be used across all compatible Microsoft Windows devices, including PCs, tablets, Xbox One, Microsoft HoloLens, and more. UWP apps also have their own settings windows that can be used to reset or repair individual apps. When you reset a UWP app, it is reset to the default settings similar to when you installed Windows for the first time....

When you attach external storage devices to Ubuntu Linux, it is recommended that you safely remove them before unplugging them from your computer. Similar to other operating systems, Ubuntu Linux allows you to attach external devices, including USB flash drives, and optical discs like a CD or DVDs. When external drives are connected, system processes and applications may be using the data. If you just unplug a device, you run the risk of unplugging while an application is still using it....

Windows automatic maintenance windows are set to run for 1 hour only. If the tasks don’t complete within that hour, Windows will stop and complete the task during its next maintenance window. If the computer is turned off and the tasks are not run, Windows will run the tasks the next available time when your computer is not being used. Windows System Maintenance tasks include Windows Updates, security scanning, and other system diagnostics....

Our previous tutorial showed you how to install eduTrac LMS on Ubuntu with Apache2 which you can get from here. eduTrac is an open-source, student information system that helps you build and manage online courses for students, teachers, and anyone who wants to build their online courses. eduTrac comes with support for collaboration, communication, and built-in modules for a grade book, timesheet, financial and more, packaged with popular web tools like PHP, MySQL, and JQuery....

Matomo, formally PIWIK is an open-source analytics platform built on the LAMP or LEMP stack. It provides full website analytics for small and medium-sized businesses. 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:...

Our previous tutorial showed you how to install Snipe-IT on Ubuntu with Apache2. This one shows you how to run it with Nginx instead. Snipe-IT is a free, open-source IT asset management system written in PHP. With Snipe-IT, you can manage your IT assets easily with its user-friendly portal, including the management of users and security roles. For more on Snipe-IT, please visit its home page To get started with installing Snipe-IT, follow the steps below:...