How to Easily Set Up a DNS over TLS Resolver with Nginx on Ubuntu

This tutorial will be showing you how to set up your own DNS over TLS (DoT) resolver on Ubuntu with Nginx, so your DNS queries can be encrypted and protected from prying eyes. What is DNS over TLS and Why It’s Important DNS (Domain Name System) is responsible for translating domain names to IP addresses.…


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How to Easily Set Up a DNS over TLS Resolver with Nginx on Ubuntu

How to Install Plex Media Server on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Server/Desktop

This tutorial will be showing you how to install Plex media server on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS server/desktop. Plex is a free piece of software that allows you to organize your movies, TV shows, music and photos in one beautiful interface and stream those media files on your PC, tablet, phone, TV, Roku, etc on the…


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How to Install Plex Media Server on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Server/Desktop

Set Up Response Policy Zone (RPZ) in BIND Resolver on Debian/Ubuntu

This tutorial will be showing you how to override public DNS records in your BIND DNS resolver with response policy zone (RPZ) on Debian/Ubuntu. What is Response Policy Zone? Response policy zone (RPZ) allows a DNS resolver to modify DNS records. It was originally developed as a way to block access to dangerous websites. For…


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Set Up Response Policy Zone (RPZ) in BIND Resolver on Debian/Ubuntu

Set Up Response Policy Zone (RPZ) in BIND Resolver on CentOS/RHEL

This tutorial will be showing you how to override public DNS records in your BIND DNS resolver with response policy zone (RPZ) on CentOS/RHEL. What is Response Policy Zone? Response policy zone (RPZ) allows a DNS resolver to modify DNS records. It was originally developed as a way to block access to dangerous websites. For…


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Set Up Response Policy Zone (RPZ) in BIND Resolver on CentOS/RHEL

How to Set Up OpenStreetMap Tile Server on Ubuntu 20.04

OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a user-contributed, freely-editable world map. You can think of it as an open-source and self-hosted alternative to Google Maps. This tutorial will show you how to build your own OpenStreetMap tile server on Ubuntu 20.04 so you don’t have to use a proprietary map service. OpenStreetMap Features OpenStreetMap data covers the whole…


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How to Set Up OpenStreetMap Tile Server on Ubuntu 20.04

Set Up Your Own WireGuard VPN Server on CentOS

This tutorial is going to show you how to set up your own WireGuard VPN server on CentOS. WireGuard is made specifically for the Linux kernel. It runs inside the Linux kernel and allows you to create fast, modern, and secure VPN tunnel. Features of WireGuard VPN Lightweight and super fast speed, blowing OpenVPN out…


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Set Up Your Own WireGuard VPN Server on CentOS

Set Up Your Own WireGuard VPN Server on Debian

This tutorial is going to show you how to set up your own WireGuard VPN server on Debian. WireGuard is made specifically for the Linux kernel. It runs inside the Linux kernel and allows you to create fast, modern, and secure VPN tunnel. Features of WireGuard VPN Lightweight and super fast speed, blowing OpenVPN out…


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Set Up Your Own WireGuard VPN Server on Debian

Set Up Your Own WireGuard VPN Server on Ubuntu

This tutorial is going to show you how to set up your own WireGuard VPN server on Ubuntu. WireGuard is made specifically for the Linux kernel. It runs inside the Linux kernel and allows you to create fast, modern, and secure VPN tunnel. Features of WireGuard VPN Lightweight and super fast speed, blowing OpenVPN out…


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Set Up Your Own WireGuard VPN Server on Ubuntu

How to Install phpMyAdmin with Nginx (LEMP) on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

This tutorial will be showing you how to install phpMyAdmin with Nginx, MariaDB and PHP7.4 (LEMP) on Ubuntu 20.04. phpMyAdmin is a free and open-source web-based database management tool written in PHP. It provides a graphical web interface for users to manage MySQL or MariaDB database. phpMyAdmin allows administrators to: browse through databases and tables;…


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How to Install phpMyAdmin with Nginx (LEMP) on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

How to Easily Set Up a Full-Featured Mail Server on CentOS 8 with iRedMail

Setting up your own email server on Linux from scratch is a pain in the butt if you are not an advanced user. This tutorial will be showing you how to use iRedMail to quickly set up a full-featured mail server on CentOS 8, saving you lots of time and headaches. What is iRedMail? iRedMail…


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How to Easily Set Up a Full-Featured Mail Server on CentOS 8 with iRedMail

How to Install Deluge BitTorrent Client on Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop/Server

This tutorial will be showing you how to install Deluge on Ubuntu 20.04 desktop and server. Deluge is a free, open-source (GPL3) and lightweight BitTorrent client, available for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows. It has a rich collection of plugins that you can install to extend its functionality. For example, you can install the streaming…


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How to Install Deluge BitTorrent Client on Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop/Server

How to Install Google Chrome Browser on Ubuntu 20.04 From Command Line

This tutorial is going to show you how to install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa. The Ubuntu software app in 20.04 doesn’t support installing local deb packages anymore, so we have to use the command line to install deb packages. Personally I don’t think this is a good direction for Ubuntu. In…


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How to Install Google Chrome Browser on Ubuntu 20.04 From Command Line

How to Install uTorrent in Ubuntu 20.04

This tutorial will be showing you how to install uTorrent in Ubuntu 20.04. It also includes instructions for auto start uTorrent server on Ubuntu and how to set up a reverse proxy using Nginx/Apache web server, for those who want to access uTorrent via a domain name. The Linux native uTorrent client is a web-based…


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How to Install uTorrent in Ubuntu 20.04

Mail Server IP Blacklist Removal Tips to Improve Email Deliverability

In previous tutorials, I explained how you can easily set up your own mail server using iRedMail or Modoboa. This guide is going to show you show to check your mail server’s IP reputation and give you some IP blacklist removal tips. Over the years of operating mail servers, I have seen many occasions of…


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Mail Server IP Blacklist Removal Tips to Improve Email Deliverability

How to Install Unity Desktop Environment on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

This tutorial shows you how to install Unity Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. We will also restore the nice-looking Unity login screen, in case you don’t like the GNOME login screen. I personally don’t like GNOME. Here’s why. There’s too much movement when switching between programs, which is distracting. GNOME is trying to remove functionalities…


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How to Install Unity Desktop Environment on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS