Once you buy a domain, you should be ready to spend some money on a few things such as hosting, theme (optional), etc. Why is this so? Website data resides on the server. Hosting companies sell space on servers or an entire server for a specific duration i.e. month, year, years, etc. If you use […]
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Akismet alternative is built in WordPress
Akismet is a good anti-spam plugin but it can be used for free only on non-commercial websites i.e. WordPress sites without ads. To use the plugin on a site with Adsense, Amazon ads, affiliate links, etc, you will have to purchase an Akismet license. The price of the same starts at $10/month. The price will […]
Hosting your own email server: Pros and Cons
Very few firms offer free email hosting for a domain you own. For using additional domains, you’ll have to upgrade your account by purchasing a subscription plan. The plans may cost between $12 to $30 per year. I decided to host my own email server after my email plan was expired. I referred to a […]
GNOME vs KDE: Which desktop environment is better?
GNOME and KDE are the widely used Linux desktop environments. KDE was introduced in the year 1996. The first edition of GNOME was first released in 1999. Although several desktop environments were launched in the last 2 decades, none of them have dethroned the KDE/GNOME from their top positions. KDE and GNOME are different from […]
WordPress.com vs WordPress.org
Want to use WordPress but confused about which version of WP you should use? Below I’ve shared everything I know about self-hosted WordPress and WordPress.com. Note: I’ve been using the WordPress CMS since 2012. WordPress.org – Self-hosted Self-hosted in layman’s terms means that you must download WordPress and host it yourself. The WordPress CMS has […]
Best Linux desktop environments
The Linux distro developers make various versions of the distro available for the users. For example, Debian offers KDE, XFCE, Gnome flavors of the Debian OS. Installing a distro takes about 30 to 40 minutes. If you install the OS but you don’t like the desktop environment, you can install a new desktop environment if […]