HackUp is a Desktop Hacker News Client for Linux

Avid readers of social news sharing site Hacker News might be interested in a new app recently added to Flathub. Called HackUp, it is a Hacker News desktop client written in Vala. It lets you browse and read Hacker News submissions without needing to open a …

Shotwell 0.29.3 Released with Face Recognition Feature

A new unstable snapshot of Linux photo manager software Shotwell has been released. ‘The return of Shotwell’s face detection feature excites me most in this release Shotwell 0.29.3 brings a number of improvements to the fore, enhancing the user interface and overall stability of the application. …

How to Create and Delete a User on Debian 9

    In this tutorial, we will show you how to create and delete a user on Debian 9. In the initial server setup, there is only one user account created and that is “root” user account. This root user has the highest privileges and has …

How to Password Protect Directories in cPanel

    Normally, if you create a folder on your site, you can access all the files inside it just by visiting the file’s URL. Sometimes however, you want to password protect directories in cPanel – either you’re testing a new design that you’re not ready …

How to Enable GZIP Compression in WordPress

    One of the first solutions to achieve faster load times of your WordPress CMS is to decrease the size of your page.The simplest method to reduce the size of your website, and improve the time to first render of your web pages, is to …

How to Install Matomo on CentOS 7

    This tutorial explains the process of installing an open source web analytic application named Matomo (formerly known as Piwik) on a CentOS 7 VPS. Matomo helps you gather and analyze important information about your website visitors. Matomo features tracking of visits, goals, conversion rates, …

How to Install Phabricator on Ubuntu 16.04

    In this article we will show you how to install Phabricator on Ubuntu 16.04, with Apache web server, PHP and MySQL. Phabricator is an open source set of tools which help developers to build better software. It includes tools for differential code review, repository …

How to Create Custom Commands in Linux

  In this tutorial, We’ll show you how to create custom commands in Linux which will allow you to create “shortcut” commands using a simple name of your choosing. Even better, you can chain multiple commands like this together and run them all with a single …

How to Install phpMyAdmin on CentOS 7

    This tutorial explains the process of installing one of the most popular open source application for managing MySQL databases – phpMyAdmin. phpMyAdmin is a free and open source, web based application written in PHP, used to easily manage MySQL databases through your favorite web …