Abhilash Mhaisne

Developers

Understanding the Frontity React Framework Set up for WordPress

WordPress has been the most popular content management system for a long time now. Not only does it power over 30% of the websites on the Internet, but it also boasts a huge community of contributors who keep the WordPress ecosystem alive and strong. WordPress is primarily a PHP based

Google Chrome

How to Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04

Google Chrome, commonly referred to as Chrome, is the web browser by Google. It has been the most widely used web browser on desktops for a long time now. It is based on the free and open-source browser Chromium, also by Google. Chromium is supposed to be a lightweight browser

Steam

How to Install Steam on Ubuntu 20.04

Steam is arguably the best game distribution service available in today’s world. The corresponding store, called Steam Store, is home to more than 30,000 free as well as paid game titles, including market hits like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, DOTA 2 and Grand Theft Auto V. It is developed

Ubuntu

How to Change Root Password on Ubuntu 20.04

The root user is nothing but the default user created in Linux system with administrative privileges. Similar to older Ubuntu versions, the root user is locked in Ubuntu 20.04, and a user can never log in as root initially. The system of using the command sudo is used instead,

Ubuntu

How to Create a Sudo User on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

The root user, which is the default user created with administrative privileges, is locked in Ubuntu by default, meaning you cannot log in to the system as a root user. The sudo command comes into play in such cases, when you need to perform administrative tasks with your own user.

MySQL

How to Install MySQL on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

MySQL is the go-to database solution for local, free, individual or enterprise usage. Developed by Oracle corporation, Ubuntu 20.04 contains the latest stable release series of MySQL, viz. 8.*. MySQL is being used worldwide on every popular platform. A rich set of MySQL connector APIs has been developed by

Git

How to Install Git on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Git is the most widely used decentralized version control system used in today’s software development world. Everyone from an individual developer to giant software corporations use Git in their software development processes. From beginners to professionals, it has become necessary to learn how to use Git for every programmer.

PHP

How to Install PHP on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

PHP, which is a recursive acronym for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor, is a popular server-side scripting language used for web development. It is an HTML embedded language and finds its use in a wide range of websites and web apps. The most popular use of PHP has been in the world

OpenVPN

How to Set Up an OpenVPN Server on Ubuntu 20.04

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows you to securely and privately connect to a remote private network, for example, your office network, or the Internet in such a way as if you are directly connected to a private network. VPN works in a server-client architecture. A VPN server is deployed

Ubuntu

How to Play PS2 Games on Ubuntu Using PCSX2

Even though it is a 20-year-old console, the Sony PlayStation 2 remains the best-selling video game console of all time. Although its successor, the PlayStation 3 was released in 2006, production of PlayStation 2 continued till 2013; a whopping 13 years. With a state of the art audio and video

Apps

What is GCM Encryption in Zoom 5.0?

As the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread rapidly in March 2020, several countries introduced lockdown to tackle it in order to “flatten the curve”. This led to many corporations, especially IT companies to go completely remote during the lockdown period. With more and more employees working from home, apps like

Ubuntu

How to Set up WireGuard VPN Server and Client on Ubuntu 20.04

A VPN (Virtual Private Network) allows the user to connect to a private network remotely as if the user’s computer was directly connected to the private network. The technology was initially developed in order to allow remote access to a company’s internal private network, for employees not actually

Java

How to Install Java on Ubuntu 20.04

Java, along with its software development kit (SDK) and Java Virtual Machine (JVM) are required for not only development purposes, but also for running any Java based software on Ubuntu. In this article, we will see the various ways with which we can install Java on Ubuntu 20.04. While

Ubuntu

How to Disable Ubuntu Dock on Ubuntu 20.04

After GNOME was officially introduced with Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 20.04 is the 6th Ubuntu release, and only the 2nd Ubuntu LTS release to use it instead of the previously used Unity. Due to the ease of use and an ample number of extensions and customizations available, GNOME has

How to Use Snap to Find and Install Apps on Ubuntu 20.04

Snappy, also known as Snap, is a package manager for Linux in which a single package, called a snap, can be installed on multiple Linux distributions. This is different from traditional package managers like dpkg, apt, aptitude, rpm, yum, which cater to a single Linux distribution or a group of

Ubuntu

How to Fully Enable Dark Mode in Ubuntu 20.04, including Calendar

Ubuntu 20.04 has arrived with a plethora of changes, not only in bundled software and performance but in appearance as well. The Dark Mode theme is available on Ubuntu 20.04, and it provides a distinctive dark mode experience throughout the Ubuntu Desktop UI, including desktop apps, web browsers,

Ubuntu

How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Using 'do-release-upgrade' Command

Yes, it is that time of the year! After six months of heavy development, Ubuntu 20.04, codenamed Focal Fossa, has been released on 23rd April 2020. It succeeds Ubuntu 19.10 as the latest stable release of the operating system. Ubuntu 20.04 is an LTS (Long Term Support)

Linux

How to Install Wordpress with Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

WordPress is without doubt the most popular content management software in the world at the moment. It is estimated that more than 27 million live websites on the Internet have been created using WordPress. Even Allthings.how is created using WordPress! As you might know, WordPress needs a web server

CentOS

How to Install TensorFlow on CentOS

TensorFlow is a machine learning platform by Google. It is open source and has a huge number of tools, libraries and other resources developed by both its developer community as well as Google and other corporations. TensorFlow is available for all the popularly used operating systems, viz. Windows, Mac OS,

NTFS

How to Fix a Broken Windows NTFS Partition in Ubuntu and Windows Dual Boot

It is a common practice nowadays, especially for advanced users and software developers, to configure their computer with a dual boot system; usually, one being a Microsoft Windows operating system and the other being a GNU/Linux based operating system. Many Bootloader programs (programs which start an operating system after

FTP

How to Set up an FTP Server on Ubuntu

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a commonly used networking protocol, used to transfer files between two computers. The protocol is based on a client-server architecture. One of the computers runs an FTP server program, while the other computer runs an FTP client program, which can download or upload files to

SSH

How to Enable SSH on Ubuntu 20.04

Secure Shell, or SSH in short, is a remote connection protocol. It is meant for establishing secure connections to a remote computer. It uses advanced cryptographic algorithms, Eg. RSA., to encrypt data, unlike its predecessor telnet, which sends packets of data containing plain text, which may include passwords and compromise

Git

How to Change Branch in Git

A Git Branch is a separate line of development in a software project. User can create a branch, and keep on committing their changes to this branch without messing the original 'master' branch. Usually, each developer working on a code makes his/her changes in a separate branch. Git offers

Ubuntu

3 Ways to Check Ubuntu Version and Code Name from Command Line

Ubuntu has a new release every six months; in April and October of every year. The version number is represented as ., for example, the version released in October 2019 is 19.10, while the version released in April 2018 is 18.04. Further every version has a code name, which

Git

How to Change the URL of a Git Remote

Git is one of the most widely used version control systems today. All kinds of software development, from tiny projects to production level enterprise products, everything uses Git today. Although Git is used as a decentralized version control system, i.e., each user can have his/her own version of