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MySQL is a fast, open-source relational database system used to store, manage, and retrieve structured data developed by Oracle. It stores data in tables organized by rows and columns and uses Structured Query Language (SQL) to manage and access that data.

MySQL is known for being fast, reliable, and easy to use, making it one of the most popular databases for web applications, mobile apps, and enterprise software. It supports a variety of storage engines, offers replication features for scaling and high availability, and ensures data integrity with ACID-compliant transactions.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install MySQL 8.4 on a Ubuntu 24.04 OS.

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Backrest is a web-accessible backup solution built on top of restic. Backrest provides a WebUI which wraps the restic CLI and makes it easy to create repos, browse snapshots, and restore files. Here’s our review.

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GlassFish is a free and open-source implementation of the Java EE Platform developed by Eclipse. In this guide, you will install GlassFish Application Server on Debian 12 in a step-by-step process. You will also configure Nginx as a reverse proxy for your GlassFish installation.

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Caddy 2.10 web & reverse proxy server lands with support for ECH, post-quantum key exchange, global DNS config, and wildcard certs by default.

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Let’s explore what Vim and Neovim are, their core features, and the key differences to help you decide which one best fits your workflow.

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Discover what’s new in Fedora Atomic Desktops 42—GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, COSMIC support, composefs by default, and more.

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Apple Spotlight is a system-wide search feature on Apple devices. It lets users quickly find files, apps, contacts, and information within their devices and online. Spotlight can also perform calculations and conversions. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

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Tails OS (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) is a privacy-focused, security-centric operating system designed to preserve your anonymity and prevent surveillance while you browse the internet.

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Calibre 8.3 eBook manager introduces customizable cover grid backgrounds for light and dark modes and speeds up EPUB loading by 30%.

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Although Ubuntu’s latest and greatest has no shortage of features aimed at developers, for this article we’re concentrating on what it offers the average user.

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Redis, a popular in-memory data store, is being deprecated in Arch Linux’s repo; Valkey steps in as a high-performance BSD-licensed replacement.

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Our commitment to open source extends beyond contributing code. We are dedicated to upholding the highest standards of license compliance throughout our development processes.

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Corel Capture is software which captures and saves images of your computer screen with one click, including the entire screen, individual windows, or menu lists. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

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Powered by the latest and greatest Linux 6.14 kernel series for top-notch hardware support, Ubuntu 25.04 features the GNOME 48 desktop environment with the usual enhancements and look that Ubuntu users are used to, specifically the dynamic triple buffering feature for an extra boost on low-end systems.

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This tutorial explains the HTTP Error 407 Proxy Authentication Required error, what causes it, and how to fix it. The following error can cause website downtime, which may decrease the website’s reputation and make clients unsatisfied. The HTTP 407 Error typically occurs when the client cannot auhenticate with a proxy server. Similarly, when the proxy server cannot allow access to the requested resource without authentication. Identifying the root cause of this error can be difficult but we will show you a couple of possible solutions.

The HTTP 407 can be server or client-side, thus we will cover the solutions for both sides. Let’s get started!

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This blog post will explain the HTTP 307 Temporary Redirect Status Code and when to use it. The HTTP 307 Temporary Redirect Status Code belongs to the 3xx status codes family. This means that the client must take additional action to complete the request. This group of status codes indicates that further action is a must. The redirect may happen without interacting with the client if the method in the second request is GET or HEAD.

In the following paragraphs, we will discuss the HTTP 307 status code in more detail. We will review the difference between it and the other 3xx status codes. Let’s get started!

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Network latency is the time data travels from source to destination in a computer network. It is simply the delay from sending a data package until you receive the response. High latency can cause slow website loading, lag in online gaming, and performance issues in web applications for VoIP (Voice over IP) and video calls. One of the simplest ways to measure network latency is by using the ping test.

In this article, we’ll cover how the ping command works, how to check network latency, and how to interpret the results.

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The KDE Gear 25.04 app collection is now available for download, introducing big changes to Dolphin, Kdenlive, Itinerary, and more.

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The software featured in this article all produce high quality professional documents. The majority of them rely on LaTeX as their rendering engine.

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GNOME 47.6 brings some interesting changes to the Mutter window and composite manager, including a fix for a black screen issue that occurred on multi-monitor setups when using the NVIDIA graphics driver, support for presentation-time version 2, the ability to honor wl_surface.offset on cursor surfaces, and improved support for sharable surfaces when using NVIDIA as the primary GPU.

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