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How to use AMDGPU driver for Southern Islands and Sea Islands card on Ubuntu Linux

These instructions apply only for GCN 1.0/Southern Island cards and GCN 1.1/Sea Islands cards. You can check if your card falls in this categories here. The AMDGPU driver is a newer driver for GNU/Linux and promises better performance and Vulkan support. You will need to do two steps to make it work. Userspace drivers –… Read More: How to use AMDGPU driver for Southern Islands and Sea… »

Backing up LXC containers with automation

Short blog post to post a script I wrote to backup LXC containers with encryption and push notifications. 🙂 Manually backing up LXC containers was a pain and I wrote a script in some free time that I had to automate all of this. Plus it pushes updates to Twitter, Pushbullet and email and encrypts… Read More: Backing up LXC containers with automation »

My presentation about LXC containers at GDG Devfest, ICG

Yesterday I presented a talk at GDG(Google Developer Group) Devfest about Stop using Docker! Fun with Linux containers and networking. The venue was International Centre Goa. Many people had a lot of doubts. Of course there wasn’t enough time for everyone to get all their queries in and things were a little difficult for many… Read More: My presentation about LXC containers at GDG Devfest, ICG »

Backup your website to Backblaze B2 with encryption

This is meant for websites running on a VPS/dedicated servers only. This should work with modifications for static websites but was meant for websites with a database, especially WordPress. I was inspired by the huge number of really expensive and crap plugins for WordPress to handle backups and my guru/buddy Anurag Bhatia to write this… Read More: Backup your website to Backblaze B2 with encryption »