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Java JDK is a free and open-source software development kit used for building applications, applets, and components using the Java programming language. Java JDK comes with a set of tools for developing and testing applications written in the Java programming language; these tools include JRE, Java, Javac (Compiler) and Jar (Archiver).

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MySQL is a free and open-source relational database management system for Linux-based operating systems. MySQL is the most widely used database system and is used for many open-source projects and high availability systems. If your server is running the older version of MySQL 5.7, then it is recommended to install MySQL 8 to use newly released features.

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Syncthing is a free and open-source file synchronization tool used to synchronize files across multiple devices. Syncthing uses peer-to-peer architecture, meaning that each device attached to your Syncthing network retains copies of the files in your shared folders and pushes new content whenever any changes have been made. Syncthing can be run on most operating systems including Linux, Windows, MacOS, FreeBSD, Solaris and OpenBSD.

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GitLab is a free, open-source, web-based version control platform that allows you to manage all your Git repositories from the centralized server. GitLab is a great alternative to Github, offering very useful features including code review, issue management, repository branching, merging, time tracking, and continuous integration and deployment. GitLab is specially designed for developers to create, review, and deploy their projects.

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Yarn is an advanced package management tool released by Facebook for JavaScript applications. Yarn is mostly used for Node.js applications and is compatible with npm, meaning it can install, remove, configure and update npm packages. It was specially designed to speed up package installation process.

In this guide, we will explain different ways to install Yarn on CentOS 8.

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R is an open-source programming language that can be used to develop statistical software and perform data analysis. R is a GNU project and very similar to the S language. It is mainly used by data analysts, researchers, statisticians and marketers to retrieve, analyze, visualize and present the data. R also offers many packages for specific areas of study, making it easy to find applications in different fields. R can be run on various operating systems including Linux, Windows and MacOS.

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PostgreSQL is a free and open-source object-relational database management system. PostgreSQL was developed by the PostgreSQL Global Development Group and is available for various platforms, including Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X. PostgreSQL is known for its robustness, high availability, data integrity, reliability and ease of installation. PostgreSQL comes with many advanced features that allow you to build complex applications.

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Webmin is a free and open-source web-based control panel for the Linux operating system. It is specifically designed for those who are unable to manage Linux servers from the command-line interface. Webmin allows you to manage users and groups, share files and folders, configure a web server, DNS, SSH, and FTP, install and update packages, create and manage databases, and start and stop services, all using a web-based interface.

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Varnish Cache is a free, open-source, and powerful web application accelerator designed for high-load dynamic websites. The Varnish Cache sits behind the web server and can speed up your website by a factor between about 300 and 1000 times. It can also be used as a load balancer if you are running multiple servers. Varnish Cache works by caching requested web pages in memory and serving a requested page without the delay of building content from scratch when the same information is asked for several times.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to set up Varnish Cache as a proxy server for Nginx on Ubuntu 18.04 VPS.

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Apache webserver is free, open-source, and one of the most widely used web servers in the world. It allows you to serve the content on the web.

Any user can access your application over the Internet when it is hosted on an Apache web server. In some cases, you may need to secure your application so that only authenticated users can access the application. You can protect your application at the server level using Apache htpasswd. This utility allows you to limit access to a specific website to the limited person who has the login details only.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to setup password authentication with Apache on Ubuntu 18.04.

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