Mastodon desktop clients allow you to manage your Fediverse activity without pinning another tab in your web browser. Many will offer additional features such as custom default post creation and appearance settings. Below we’re going to cover the best ones for your operating system (OS) and use case.
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Monarx Security is a PHP malware protection service for helping web hosting providers secure customer’s websites and applications, particularly against web shell attacks. InMotion Hosting customers can monitor Monarx activity for free from the cPanel interface.
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The Mastodon social media platform is among the most popular Twitter replacements in 2022. Below we’ll discuss why, the benefits of the application, and its impact on the Fediverse.
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The Mastodon social media platform is one of the most popular Fediverse apps. The most popular reason is that it’s a stable, easy to learn application that answers a rising demand for a worthy Twitter replacement. However, the Twitter alternative doesn’t have nearly the same amount of activity. Is Mastodon growing? Yes, but you might be disappointed if you login expecting a hyperactive timeline and hundreds of toots (Mastodon’s name for microblogs/posts) about everything that interests you.
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Imagine being able to install a private YouTube-like web application for a niche community on your unmanaged Linux server. After a few months you decide to publicize it for the world to see. With the click of a button anyone looking at videos on that same YouTube-like application installed elsewhere can see your videos, expanding your reach to viewers that would’ve never seen your content otherwise. That is the greatness of a federated application.
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CentOS was the most popular operating system (OS) based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for server environments. Now it’s dead… sort of. In December 2021 Red Hat phased out CentOS and repurposed it into what is now known as CentOS Stream. Instead of being a stand-alone production OS, it became an upstream platform (read: development proving ground) to test updates before pushing stable changes to Enterprise Linux. This pivot worried the CentOS community enough to spark the birth of multiple distributions built for the sole purpose of replacing CentOS.
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Many Linux users have been looking for a CentOS replacement since the news of CentOS 8 coming to an end emerged in early 2021. Similarly, many managed VPS users have switched to Cloud Server (unmanaged) Hosting following the price increase in cPanel hosting plans recently. Below we’ll cover some of the most popular, stable cPanel alternatives available for Linux systems.
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CentOS 8 is no longer supported as of December 2021. Those using Linux cloud servers may have already switched to Debian or Ubuntu to get ahead of the change. But what about those who need a free Red Hat-based distribution for essential software or just prefer YUM? Here are six CentOS alternatives that may fill that hole.
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Joomla vs Drupal 9: a comparison between two of the most popular, self-hosted, content management systems available today. Both have been around for years and will likely be around for a few more years. So, is Drupal 9 better than Joomla 4? The better question: is Drupal better than Joomla for your needs?
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Webmin is a free, open-source application for Linux server administration. If you prefer to manage all aspects of your Linux VPS or dedicated server from a graphical interface instead of the command line interface (CLI), Webmin might be right for you.
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