by Richard W | Dec 3, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Web
The LAMP stack allows for many web applications and CMSs to function. WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and many other content management systems depend on the LAMP to function properly. The LAMP stack is just short reference for Linux, Apache2, MySQL and PHP. The L stands...
by Richard W | Nov 24, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Web, Wordpress
This brief tutorial shows you how to install WordPress 4.0.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 / 14.10. As you may probably know, WordPress is the king among content management systems (CMS). If you’re reading this post, it’s probably because you have a WordPress blog or...
by Richard W | Nov 19, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web
Dropbox for Linux is the best cloud storage client for Linux systems. No other cloud storage provider support Linux like Dropbox. It client works seamlessly with Linux machines and tightly integrated specially on Ubuntu desktop. If you use Linux desktop including...
by Richard W | Nov 17, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Security
Some webmasters believe that changing SSH port number from the default 22 can enhance security. The notion is since SSH default port number is 22 and everyone knows it, including the hackers, it isn’t safe. Changing the SSH port number to something other than 22...
by Richard W | Nov 13, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
When you’re managing a web host, there are some things you must do initially. Things like setting your server hostname, timezones and other settings need to be done initially for the server to operate properly. This brief tutorial is going to show you how to...
by Richard W | Nov 11, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
Installing Skype on Ubuntu is easy. Skype is one of the few programs that are available through Ubuntu Partners repository. Ubuntu Partner repository is a software store that includes popular opensource and proprietary software that can be downloaded and installed on...
by Richard W | Nov 6, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Web
This tutorial shows you how to install and configure MariaDB 10 and latest version on CentOS 7. As you may probably already know, MariaDB database server is now the default on CentOS. It was MySQL before but because of Oracle (MySQL parent company) GPL licensing...
by Richard W | Nov 5, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
This brief tutorial shows you how to install the latest version of MariaDB on Ubuntu 14.10. For those who don’t know MariaDB database server, here’s a quick description of what it is. Couple of years ago, the default database server that was installed on...
by Richard W | Nov 4, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web
This brief tutorial shows you how to install the LEMP stack on Ubuntu 14.10. Most tutorials online refers to it as the LAMP stack and that’s because it includes Linux, Apache2, MySQL, PHP. The LEMP refers to Linux, Nginx (Engine-X), MySQL/MariaDB and PHP. The...
by Richard W | Nov 3, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web
Over the weekend we migrated our WordPress blog to CentOS 7 from 6.x. The process was pretty straightforward and this brief tutorial is going to show you what we did so you can avoid the pitfalls when migrating your own sites. We didn’t intend to migrate to...
