Here are some key points to consider when comparing Apache and Nginx: Apache: WordPress official documentation: https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Installing_WordPress_on_Apache DigitalOcean tutorial: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu-20-04-with-apache Nginx: WordPress official … [Read more...]
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How To Get Stretch Res on Windows 10 AMD Radeon For Game Play
My son put this video together and its one of the best guides on stretch resolution you will find. He has a Dell running windows 10 and a AMD Radeon RX570. He's getting 120 FPS on stretch. You can use this video to configure the following popular resolutions. 1440x1080 1600x1200 1600x1080 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hqcwFX-S7Q … [Read more...]
How to Change All Files and Folders Permissions of a Directory to 644/755
So you've unpacked a folder into a linux based system and want to set your files to 644 and directories to 755. There are many solutions on stackoverflow but the most correct and flawless solution for this task is found below. [code]chmod -R a=r,u+w,a+X /folder[/code] … [Read more...]
How to Tail Linux Error Logs with New Lines
Tired of the /n (new line) in your error logs? Run this command to format your errors logs as the logs pipe out. Tested and works with most linux based systems such as Ubuntu, Redhat etc. [code] tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log | perl -pe 'BEGIN {$| = 1; }; s/\[error\]\s+\[client.*?\]\s+//; s/, referer:.*//' | perl -pe 'BEGIN {$| = 1;}; s/\\n/\n/g;' [/code] … [Read more...]
How to Erase Your Hard Drive with DBAN | Review
In this review of DBAN I mention that it's not the most user friendly product, but if you give it a couple stabs more often than not you'll succeed. Keep in mind DBAN is open source and free. Commercial products often come with support where as open source, not so much. Now on to the DBAN review. Darik's boot and nuke is Free Software one can use to boot and nuke your HDD (hard … [Read more...]