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GitLab: URL shortcut to override pipeline variable values

GitLab pipelines are a convenient way to expose deployment/delivery tasks.  But with their rudimentary web UI for variable input, it can be challenging for users to populate the required list of variables. One way of making it more convenient for end-users is to provide them a URL pre-populated with the specific branch and pipeline variable GitLab: URL shortcut to override pipeline variable values

Ubuntu: Enabling Media Keys for Spotify

Updated Feb 2019 based on Spotify updates that broke this functionality. If the keyboard media keys do not work from your Ubuntu desktop, you can use D-Bus support to send the proper commands to Spotify.  Validate the following commands from the console: