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About Ahmed Tawfik

Cybersecurity Professional, Systems Engineer, OSS & Linux Geek

Copy with rsync over ssh

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Ahmed Tawfik

From remote server to local one: rsync -avzhe ssh remote_user@REMOTE_IP:/remote_folder_or_file /local_destination_folder_or_file From local server to remote one: rsync -avzhe ssh local_folder_or_file remote_user@REMOTE_IP:/remote_destination_folder_or_file That’s it, Enjoy! Sources: https://www.tecmint.com/rsync-local-remote-file-synchronization-commands/

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Build Synergy in Ubuntu 19.04

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Ahmed Tawfik

Synergy software, which shares your keyboard and mouse to multiple computers through the network, is no longer available in the Ubuntu 19.04 repos, so the only remaining option is to build it from source: sudo apt install qtcreator qtbase5-dev cmake … Continue reading →

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Fix icon and text size for hidpi displays on login screen in KDE on Ubuntu 19.04

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Ahmed Tawfik

Just create/edit the file /etc/sddm.conf and add the following: [X11] EnableHiDPI=true ServerArguments=-nolisten tcp -dpi 192 Reboot, and you’re good to go, Enjoy! Sources: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/amybg5/login_screen_on_hidpi_4k_screen/

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Get your Desktop Icons BACK on Ubuntu 19.04 with Nemo

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Ahmed Tawfik

Gnome disabled OOTB support for managing Desktop icons, and is now handled via a gnome shell extension that is missing many features and not quite usable. The best solution I found so far was to install nemo (file manager on … Continue reading →

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Reset your Ubuntu Desktop to its default settings

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Ahmed Tawfik

dconf reset -f / Sources: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/10/how-to-reset-ubuntu-desktop-to-default

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