GitLab has rich features like issues and time tracking, repository branching, file locking, tagging, merging, and many other features that you will find in a typical source control platform. GitLab streamlines your collaborative workflows. Visualize, prioritize, coordinate, and track your progress your way with GitLab’s flexible project management tools. This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to easily install GitLab on Ubuntu 16.04 / 17....

Whether you’re creating a personal or company setting up a self-hosted project management platform, Kanboard can help you build and manage your content on every device with its intuitive and powerful user and admin dashboard. This brief tutorial will show students and new users how to install Kanboard project management software with Apache2, MariaDB, and PHP 7.2 support on Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 LTS. Some features of this platform include:...

For new users and students, this can be an easy way to manage MariaDB databases without installing any client applications or using the terminal. The reason it’s easy is that all database management is done in the browser. no complicated database queries and commands to run from the terminal. So, if you’re new and need help managing MariaDB databases using MyWebSQL, the steps below are a good starting point. For those not comfortable managing MariaDB databases via the Linux command line, they may want to try the MyWebSQL web interface instead....

This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users an easy way to get osCommerce working on Ubuntu 17.04 | 17.10 osCommerce is PHP based application that also requires web and database servers. The LAMP stack is a requirement for osCommerce. LAMP is an acronym for Linux, Apache2, MySQL, and PHP. Many reputable online stores and brick-and-mortar establishments are using this software to run their businesses. This post covers installing the latest version of osCommerce, which at the time of writing was version 2....

If you are a developer looking for a Ruby and Rails development environment platform to build and manage your applications, RubyMine IDE should be a great place to start. RubyMine provides essential tools for Ruby developers, tightly integrated to create an environment for Ruby development and Web development with Ruby on Rails. RubyMine provides on-the-fly error prevention, autocompletion, debugging, and support for the latest technologies. You can install and use it for free for 30 days....

Whether you’re using JavaScript or TypeScript, Angular or React, WebStorm provides you with the best code auto-completion, refactoring tools, and on-the-fly code analysis. WebStorm provides on-the-fly error prevention, autocompletion, and debugging, and supports HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You can install and use it for free for 30 days. after which, you must purchase a license. For more about WebStorm, please check its Homepage. To install WebStorm on Ubuntu, follow the steps below: There are two ways to install WebStorm on Ubuntu: one is via its ToolBox App and the other is using Snap....

We’re now ready to install WordPress to help us build our first dynamic, professional, and beautiful website to publish the wonderful content we’ve been dying to publish. WordPress is a free and open-source content management system or website builder written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. With WordPress, we can create wonderful websites using free templates, plugins, and a support base to help us throughout the process....

Zurmo CRM is an open-source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) app for businesses and individuals who want to manage their customers via mobile, social platforms, and more. It offers a CRM workflow engine and features that are intuitive and easy to configure and set up. When looking for an enterprise CRM platform for your business, Zurmo is a good place to start. This open-source CRM software is built on the LAMP / LEMP stack and offers features that help you run your business and collaborate with your customers....

Windows allows users to link their phones to Windows using Microsoft Phone Link app and seamlessly transfer content between their phones and Windows devices. With the app, users can also access their Android apps installed on their mobile devices right on their PC. Using a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection, you will be able to browse, play, order, chat, and more — all while using your PC’s larger screen and keyboard....

The File Explorer options window is where one can configure many settings for File Explorer, including hiding and unhiding file extensions, opening folders in its window, and many more. File Explorer in Windows 11 still retains some of the same classic looks as in previous versions of Windows, but with a new minimalistic menu that only shows basic commands. With the new menu layout in Windows 11, some of the options that were visible on the menu in previous versions are now hidden, making it difficult to find the folder options....

The introduction of Lego video games has certainly embraced a changing world where a majority of kids are attracted to video games. Gaming is a fairly common pastime among people of all ages; thus, playing lego video games is a fun pastime that people of any age can enjoy. Even Roblox and Minecraft have a huge inspiration from LEGO, which has over 141 million active players in 2021, which keeps on increasing in 2022....

In our previous post, we said that a single-app kiosk uses the Assigned Access feature to run a single app above the lock screen. When the kiosk account signs in, the app are launched automatically. The person using the kiosk cannot do anything on the device outside of the kiosk app. When you are in kiosk mode, you can press the CTRL + ALT + DELETE keys to exit kiosk mode....

If you have forgotten the root password, the steps below will show you how to reset it easily without deleting and reinstalling the database server. Forgetting your desktop password is one thing. However, forgetting the root password to your MySQL database in production is totally another thing and not fun. And if you did, then this post shows you show you how to recover the root password. Also, for students and new users learning Linux, the easiest place to start learning is Ubuntu Linux....

OneDrive comes installed and ready to use on Windows 11. In some cases, OneDrive may get stuck and stop syncing with Microsoft Cloud. When you get into a situation where OneDrive stops syncing, resetting its connection may get it back to work, and the steps below show you how to do that. When you reset OneDrive, it will disconnect all your existing sync connections to the cloud. You won’t lose files or data by resetting OneDrive on your computer but will take time to resync all your data....

In standard mode, the apps will function as designed and will allow any or most users to run them without issues. Some apps are built and designed to open and be run by administrators only. Even a user who is a member of the administrator group won’t run it unless the app is executed in administrator mode. There are multiple ways to execute an app with administrative rights. You can run it from the command prompt or right-click the app and select Run as administrator....

When deciding on a free open-source platform to manage your invoices, quotes, and finances, you may want to look up Akaunting. This accounting platform has all the tools you need to manage your money online, for free. Akaunting is an open-source, self-hosted application for managing quotes, invoices, payments, and accounting. It’s based on the LAMP / LEMP stack. It is designed from the ground up for ease of use and allows you to see your financials online anytime, anywhere on your computer, tablet, or phone....

If you subscribe to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) like Comcast, Century Link, and others, your computers are probably assigned DNS servers automatically from your ISP. Although the speed benefit Cloudflare is offering might not be a big factor as compared to Google and other well-known DNS providers, a private and secure DNS service might be appealing to privacy-conscious folks out there. If what Cloudflare is saying about the privacy benefits of its DNS systems is true, then you may want to take advantage of that....

flatCore is an open-source, flat-file content management system (CMS) based on PHP and PDO/SQLite that can be used to build beautiful websites and apps with control over everything, including all your HTML. If you are looking for a solution to edit your website live and with ease, then flatCore is a good place to start. It is built on an open-source core with support for open standards, which might be very useful in helping you run your digital content....

Our previous tutorial showed you how to install ILIAS LMS on Ubuntu with Apache2 HTTP support. This one shows students and new users how to run it with the Nginx server instead. ILIAS is an open-source, next-generation learning management system (LMS) packed with powerful modules to build and manage online courses for students, teachers, and anyone who wants to build their online courses. ILIAS comes with support for collaboration, communication, evaluation, and assessment and is built with popular web tools like PHP, MySQL, JQuery, Bootstrap, and more....

inoERP is one of the best open-source ERP / CRM management software to run your company…. used by thousands of businesses worldwide to manage their CRM and ERP processes. It contains all the functionalities required for running any manufacturing, service, or distribution organization. inoERP is a good place to start when you’re looking for enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management solutions. For more about inoERP, please check its homepage....