How to install a web server (Apache, PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin) on Linux Mint, Ubuntu and Debian

If you are a webmaster, or a PHP programmer, or you just need to run a website on your computer, then you can do it using a web server. On Linux, the web server (Apache) and related components (PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin) are installed in just a few commands. This tutorial will show you how to […]

How to find out which shell is in use in Linux

Linux shells There are several Linux shells, each with its own characteristics. Examples of popular shells are Bash (which is the default shell on many distributions) and ZSH (which is the default shell on Kali Linux, it has many fans). The shell information is contained in the $SHELL environment variable to see its value and […]

What is open_basedir for and how to use open_basedir

The open_basedir directive is specified in the PHP configuration file (php.ini) and sets the directories that PHP can access. Access refers to any actions with files: opening (for example, fopen() or gzopen()), writing and executing. If the open_basedir directive is set and an attempt is made to run a file that is outside the listed […]

How to find and remove non-UTF-8 characters from a text file

Filtering invalid UTF-8 characters Files that, in addition to ordinary characters, contain characters that are invalid from the UTF-8 point of view, cause a problem both when they are processed by utilities and when opened in text editors. An example of an error in Python 3 when trying to process a file with non-UTF-8 characters: […]

How to add the plugin to Double Commander to support all types of archives

What archives does Double Commander support? Double Commander is an excellent open source two-window file manager. If you want to know more details about it, then see the article “Free analogue of Total Commander”. Double Commander, thanks to built-in plugins, out of the box supports working with the most popular archives: zip, jar, tar, bz2, […]

Free analogue of Total Commander

Total Commander is a popular two-panel file manager for the Windows operating system. Managing files in two panels, for example, moving or copying from one folder to another, is much more convenient than in a standard file manager with one panel. Total Commander has many additional features and capabilities. But this program has one drawback […]

How to open a Linux drive on Windows

The Linux operating system uses its own file systems. Unlike Windows, for which the usual file systems are NTFS, FAT32, and exFAT, the popular file systems on Linux are ext4, ext3, and ext2. If you connect a Linux drive to Windows, or if you have Linux installed as a second system, then Windows simply will […]

Official 7-Zip for Linux has been released

7-Zip is a free open source archiver that supports several archiving formats, including its own, which has better performance than other formats, and also supports almost all existing formats for decompression. If you would like to know more about 7-Zip, then refer to the article “Free alternative to WinRAR”. 7-Zip was not officially released for […]

How to select multiple inconsistent files and other tips for selecting files

You may need to select files in order to copy or delete several files at once. To select one file, just click on it with the left mouse button. How to select all files To select all files in a folder, go to that directory and press Ctrl+a on your keyboard. This keyboard shortcut works […]

Free alternative to WinRAR

Do I need an archiver now Currently, the era of archivers has passed. Ten years ago, the archiver was one of the most important and one of the most frequently used programs because the Internet connection was slow and many files were compressed into archives. At modern data transfer rates, unpacking an archive may take […]

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