Connection problems can be due to a variety of reasons—problems with the website, your device, the Wi-Fi router, or your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Using the troubleshooting steps below should diagnose the problem and get your Windows computer working again. Check these things before you start troubleshooting your WiFi connection on your Windows device. Make sure the Windows device’s Wi‑Fi is turned on. If you see the “No internet connection” icon on the right side of the taskbar, then click on the icon and verify that the Wi-Fi adapter is turned on....

By default, when you install Ubuntu lists all user accounts on the logon screen. All users are listed, and each user can select their account name on the list and log in by typing in the correct password. If you want users to type both their username and password – (this can add another layer of security), simply disable the user list on the logon screen. Before a user can successfully log in, that user should be able to know both the username and the password for the account....

The first time a WordPress page is loaded a database query is made via PHP. When using Redis, these queries can be stored in system memory so that when another user loads the same page there is no need to query the database again. Redis will retrieve the previously cached query results from memory. Setting this will help improve WordPress performance. To get started with enabling Redis with WordPress support, please continue below: The first thing is to have a working WordPress site....

clearFusion is a content management system (CMS) that is easy is both developer and user-friendly and gives you powerful sets of tools to help you easily build and manage high-quality websites. This CMS is robust and mobile-friendly and responsive out-of-the-box so your users can enjoy reading and interact with your website from any device. clearFusion CMS comes with an intuitive and powerful backend that will get you started right away without knowing anything about coding in HTML or CSS....

Back in 2017, Windows released Windows Subsystem for Linux that lets developers run a GNU/Linux environment, including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications directly in Windows without setting up a virtual machine or dual-boot. WSL2 has since been released, and it’s an improvement over version 1. The new and improved version comes with a performance boost, and full system call compatibility, and is built with a new architecture that delivers features that make WSL an amazing way to run a Linux environment in Windows....

Flectra is an open-source, CRM | ERP system that runs on Python with PostgreSQL backend data to power your business to the next level. Whether you’re a small or medium size business, Flectra comes with a modular suite of apps, including inventory, HR, CMS, POS, Project, etc. that will help you run a successful business today affordably. It is an open-source alternative to popular CRM and HRP systems for little or at no cost to you....

Flock brings teams together to collaborate on projects and is probably one of the best group collaboration software and messaging platform available. Whether you’re a small or large enterprise, Flock can help your team communicate and collaborate, and these conversations will be available on the desktop, mobile devices, and everywhere you have Flock installed. Flock has almost everything your team might need to boost productivity. So, if you need a platform that fosters collaboration, you may want to give Flock and try....

GIMP is an alternative to Adobe Photoshop and similar software that allows you to perform the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation techniques. Whether you’re editing a photo or creating complex image manipulation like layering and more, GIMP can help you create the best experience. There are many ways to install GIMP on Ubuntu, then we’ll show you the steps below to get that done on Ubuntu Linux....

Gradle also works with many of the popular IDE platforms available today, including, Android Studio, Eclipse, IDEA, and NetBeans. For more about Gradle, please visit its homepage. This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install Gradle Build Tool on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 and 18.10 systems. To get started installing Gradle on Ubuntu systems, follow the steps below: Install Java JDK Gradle needs Java JDK installed on Ubuntu....

If you are looking for a solution to edit your website live and with ease and don’t want to fiddle with SQL, then GuppY is a great place to start. It comes with an easy plugin system, widget support, and easy backup because there’s only one directory. 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....

LibreOffice is a successor to OpenOffice.org (commonly known as OpenOffice) on most Linux distributions. LibreOffice was forked from OpenOffice over a decade ago. It is now the supreme open-source office productivity tool available for Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. LibreOffice comes with several applications including, Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector graphics and flowcharts), Base (databases), and Math (formula editing). By default, if you install the full desktop version of Ubuntu, LibreOffice will come along....

We’re now ready to install ownCloud to help us build our first dynamic, efficient and innovative cloud storage service and begin managing our files and content everywhere. ownCloud is an open-source, self-hosted file sync and file-sharing platform similar to Dropbox, OneDrive, and other proprietary online storage services. Written in PHP, it comes with all the features you need to create your cloud and sync services and can be paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database....

Python, a versatile and popular general-purpose programming language can easily be installed on Ubuntu via multiple methods. Whether you’re building an advanced program or creating a simple task in Python, you’ll need Python installed to use it. With Python, you can do almost anything like writing simple or advanced scripts, building and programming robots, complicated machinery, developing websites, and many more. Python also lets you work quickly and integrates systems more efficiently....

Using SpinaCMS to edit your content on the web should be easy and fun. No need for learning templating and HTML. Spina hides most of that stuff and focuses on what matters most. SpinaCMS offers features that may not be available to other PHP-based CMS, like WordPress Joomla, or Drupal… 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… For more about SpinaCMS, check its homepage....

For one, it doesn’t need a database server, call it database-less CMS. It also provides native markdown WYSIWYG support, SEO friendly, flexible CSS framework with no installation required. For more about WonderCMS, please check its homepage. This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to install WonderCMS on Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.10 / 18.04 LTS with Apache2 and PHP 7.2 support. When you’re ready to get WonderCMS working, continue with the steps below:...

If you ever wanted to get NFS enabled in a Windows environment, then the steps below are a great place to start. It shows you how to connect Windows to NFS shares hosted on Ubuntu Linux. NFS or Network File System is a distributed file system that can be enabled in a client/server environment. NFS is very easy to configure for those wanting to allow NFS client machines to access NFS mount points on a server using NFS protocol....

These pop-ups won’t go away on their own. In fact, serious malware software will change your default homepage and search engine on Chrome. To avoid these things, you should watch out for things that look too good to be true. Winning a sweepstake or seeing expensive items for free is sometimes a trick to get you to download malware. Reset Chrome To remove unwanted programs and pop-ups from Windows, open Chrome on your computer and follow the steps below: At the top right, click More Settings....

All users’ content in their home directories will be accessed and read by all. In some environments, this may not be a great way to manage users’ home directories. This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to make sure all users created on a Linux system are created ensuring that their home directories are protected. Every time you run the adduser command, the defaults for the user are drawn from the /etc/adduser....

When you share the Public folder, users that are directly connected to your local network will be able to browse and access it. While sharing it, you can also choose to share so that guests (people without a user account ) can also access it. To share with Windows systems, Samba must be installed. Samba is an open-source implementation of the SMB/CIFS network file-sharing protocol that allows users to access files, printers, and other shared resources....

If you’re having a hard time finding the mouse pointer on your screen, you may want to try this trick. Ubuntu Linux comes with a standard mouse pointer size and color, which is small and black. The default small size usually isn’t helpful especially for people with poor vision. With the use of wide screens and higher resolutions, it can be difficult to spot the mouse pointer across bigger areas of the screen or even double screens....