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Continuing on with my theme of compiling and patching linux kernels. Let’s look at the Ubuntu way that creates a .deb file for use with apt package manager. Git work flow thrown in for free.

As we have seen, the original/traditional/generic way to install new kernels or patch existing kernels is a relatively straight forward affair but requires manual management. Let’s use git to help

Each distribution has a preferred way which tends to result in a nice reusable packaged compatible to specific package management system. For this scenario I’ll focus on Fedora 27

Sysprep wipes the host ssh keys from the guest image (this is a good thing) meaning that you will no longer be able to ssh in to the guest VM (This is a bad think). Let’s fix that.

Bash shell is under rated and the CLI is very powerful if not arcane with mysterious incantations. Well I came across this site breaks down a command and exlpains the structure and what is it is doing. preaty cool

How configure gdm when running a duel monitor setup. I’m running Gnome3 and the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) which handles graphical user login, as well as other duties….My primary monitor…

An insight in to my workflow for creating KVM, LibVirt virtual machines on my Linux Workstation. Using KVM for my virtual environment makes sense, it is kernel level native, very powerful, flexible, well documented and community supported.

Notes on overcoming certificate trusted peer certificate errors when importing and using s/mime for email signing on systems that use NSS instead of OpenSSL libraries

Notes on how to get any application that supports WebDAV or CardDAV to access apple iCloud resources. Following on from previous posts about using Apples iCloud services on non Apple devices or operating systems.

youtuble-dl bombs when trying to extract from html5 player sites and updating it solves this but the native update command has stopped working and package managers are inconsistant