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synergy: How to enable crypto (encryption) and generate SSL certificate

The newer Linux versions of the popular mouse/keyboard sharing application “synergy” now has built in encryption. Here’s how to configure it: Just simply passing the –enable-crypto flag on your synergy server without having a proper SSL certificate will result in the inability to connect to clients and generate an error message similar to this in […]

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Touchpad stops working after sleep + resume (Fedora 26 on Dell XPS)

After recently upgrading my Dell XPS 13 w/Touchscreen to Fedora 26, the touchpad suddenly stopped working upon resuming from sleep mode. It was reproduced 100% of the time, and required a complete restart in order to get the touchpad working again. There have been several forum posts and bug reports regarding others experiencing these exact […]

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Remote vulnerability in bash – patches available for CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169

Bash or the Bourne again shell, is a UNIX like shell, which is perhaps one of the most installed utilities on any Linux system. From its creation in 1980, bash has evolved from a simple terminal based command interpreter to many other fancy uses. In Linux, environment variables provide a way to influence the behavior […]

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