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SSL, Finally!

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Colin Faber
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So I’ve noticed that my el’cheapo hosting provider now provides SSL service for those who enable it, via Let’s Encrypt and I’m taking advantage, so UNIXgr is now an https haver.

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XPS 13 and M3800

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Colin Faber
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So very recently my beloved 2013 era XPS 13 developer edition finally failed. The HID controller failed and that’s pretty much it for these things. As a result of this I ended up switching back to my spare laptop (well … Continue reading →

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Kubuntu 17.10

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Colin Faber
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Well I finally decided I wanted to upgrade KDE on my personal machine so I did. I’m very impressed.. Kubuntu 17.10 runs great on my system, I love some of the andriodesk features such as true gamma control, and a … Continue reading →

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The Intel NUC Box and Windows 10 Video Troubles

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Colin Faber
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So the last day or so I’ve been fighting with my Intel NUC and windows 10. Basically windows would update and then poof no video. After trying to determine the problem I decided it had to be video drivers. On … Continue reading →

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GoPro HERO3+ Wifi connection troubles with Cyanogenmod

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Colin Faber
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Today I decided to pull out my old Hero3, after updating it to the latest firmware I was surprised to find that the GoPro app would not connect successfully. What I found was that for whatever reason, the DHCP request … Continue reading →

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SSSD with use on Lustre file system to improve uid resolution

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Colin Faber
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I’ve always wondered if the SSSD project could be leveraged to provide slightly faster stat() resolution. It’s worth testing and hopefully I have some time to investigating further. Project URL: https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/    

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