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  • Install a Full LAMP Stack on a Debian Server

    The Debian Linux distro makes for a great LAMP server, the software stack that has powered internet websites for decades. What You’ll Need:The only things you’ll need for this are a running instance of Debian with a network connection (I’m using version 12, “Bookworm“) and a user with sudo privileges. Commands:su –usermod -aG sudo USERsudo…

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  • How to Install Apache Solr on Ubuntu

    Apache Solr is a free and open-source enterprise search platform based on Apache Lucene Java library. It is very fast and comes with distributed indexing, full-text search capabilities, navigation, load-balanced querying and many more. In this video, you will get Apache Solr running on the Ubuntu Linux system. Link:Apache Solr download page – https://solr.apache.org/downloads.html Chapters:0:00…

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  • How to Block Ads on Spotify’s Desktop App Without Paying for Premium

    Spotify loses a few users with every extra dollar that it adds to its Premium subscription. But for those who don’t want to give in to Spotify’s demands while still maintaining an ad-free listening experience. Here are a few ways you can block ads on Spotify’s Windows app for your non-Premium account. Links:BlockTheSpot.bat GitHub –…

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  • How to Install Ubuntu MATE 24.04 LTS in VirtualBox

    Ubuntu MATE 24.04 LTS may not be an exciting release. But, it’s here! We will go through how to install Ubuntu Mate 24.04 on VirtualBox. Links:VirtualBox – https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/DownloadsHow to Make Ubuntu Full Screen on VirtualBox in Windows 10 and Windows 11 Ubuntu MATE 24.04 LTS ISO – https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-noble-numbat-release-notes/How to Enlarge a Virtual Machine’s Disk in…

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  • How to Run Microsoft Phi-3 AI on Windows Locally

    Microsoft’s Phi-3 family of language models are finally here. For their size, they’re definitely a class apart and are already proving much better than other recently released models like Llama 3 and Mixtral on many fronts. Thanks to its tiny size, Phi-3 can easily run on your Windows PC locally. Here’s how you can do…

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  • How to Run Llama 3 by Meta AI Locally

    Although Meta AI is only available in select countries, you can download and run the Llama 3 locally on your PC regardless of your region. Follow the steps in the video to run Llama 3 by Meta AI locally. Links:LM Studio – https://lmstudio.ai/Llama Meta – https://llama.meta.com/ Chapters:0:00 Intro0:23 Step 1: Install LM Studio1:55 Step 2:…

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  • How to Get Windows 11 ISO Without All the Extra Junk

    Finally, a way to download Windows 11 ISO without installing Edge, OneDrive, Copilot, or any Microsoft tie-ins. Links:Official Microsoft page for downloading Windows – https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11Tiny11builder Github page – https://github.com/ntdevlabs/tiny11builder Chapters:0:00 Intro0:23 Step 1 Download an official Windows 11 ISO2:14 Step 2 Download the script and prep your device3:37 Step 3 Make your tiny11 disk9:35 End…

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  • How To Upgrade to Fedora 40 From Fedora 39

    This video tutorial shows you how to upgrade the Fedora version to a new major release. Commands:sudo dnf upgrade –refreshsudo dnf install dnf-plugin-system-upgradesudo dnf system-upgrade download –releasever=40sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot Chapters:0:00 Intro0:23 Using GNOME Software Center to Upgrade to Fedora 395:54 Use the command line to upgrade to Fedora 4016:31 End screen What you’ll learn:…

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  • How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS from 22.04 LTS

    This video teach you the steps for upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat from 22.04. You can use the same steps to upgrade from any other supported Ubuntu version. Here are a few things you should know and keep in mind: – All your data and most of the application settings remain the same in…

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  • Install OpenProject with Linux and Docker

    OpenProject can do classical as well as agile project management for the entire project life cycle. Here’s how to set it up securely on your Linux server. OpenProject includes the following features:Project planningTask managementAgile, kanban and ScrumTime trackingTeam collaborationProduct roadmapsWorkflows What You’ll Need:I’m using Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTSSudo privileges Commands:sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl…

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