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GPG signing git commits

GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG) is the free and open source implementation of the OpenPGP protocol, that allows you to encrypt and sign your data and communication. In the context of git, this allows users to verify that data is coming from a trusted source. This article will cover...

Ubuntu Wifi fix after suspend

I’m running a fresh install Ubuntu Gnome 16.10 on my XPS 15 and I noticed that whenever I put the laptop in suspend I was unable to connect to my WiFi network upon resume. Looking online it appears that I am not alone with this problem. Following the discussion found...

Kodi setup Raspberry Pi

Kodi is an open source piece of software designed to provide a media center experience for your video, music, pictures, and applications. It runs of many different platforms including Linux, MacOS, Windows, and Android. This article will cover my experience setting up a media center like experience, specifically using the...

USB tether Android device

I’ve been playing around with some linux live distributions recently but the main problem I had was the inability to have network support with the majority of them due to my WiFi broadcom chip not being supported out of the box. Thankfully I found that USB tethering via an Android...

Setting up Ubuntu 16.04 on a Dell XPS 15 (9550)

I recently received a Dell XPS 15 (9550) as a replacement for an older XPS 15 which has some unresolved USB issues. At work I have been using Ubuntu as my workstation and I wanted to replicate this setup at home. Backup Windows licence The first thing I did was...