Author Archives: Ahmed Tawfik

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About Ahmed Tawfik

Cybersecurity Professional, Systems Engineer, OSS & Linux Geek

How to change default desktop environment in Debian

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Ahmed Tawfik

sudo update-alternatives –config x-session-manager There are 2 choices for the alternative x-session-manager (providing /usr/bin/x-session-manager). Selection    Path                    Priority   Status ———————————————————— * 0            /usr/bin/gnome-session   50        auto mode 1            /usr/bin/gnome-session   50        manual mode 2            /usr/bin/mate-session    30        manual mode Press <enter> to keep the … Continue reading →

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Compile & Install virt-manager 1.4 on Ubuntu 16.04 and Linux Mint 18

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Ahmed Tawfik

The latest virt-manager supports configuring VMs for OpenGL passthrough for 3D acceleration in virtual machines plus a SPICE console that can make good use of that, which I have been waiting A LOOONG TIME for! Unfortunately, the default package on … Continue reading →

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Multi-hop SSH Connection

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Ahmed Tawfik

The case is as follows: You have a server, let’s name it “server2” that you need to SSH to, but unfortunately this server is not directly accessible, as you can SSH to it only through another server, let’s call it … Continue reading →

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Get to know your nearest AWS Location

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Ahmed Tawfik

Very useful to get the lowest network delay: http://turnkeylinux.github.io/aws-datacenters/

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The Fastest Way to Download a Website Offline

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Ahmed Tawfik

One Word & One Command: HTTrack, that’s the word To install it on Ubuntu: sudo apt install httrack Then, to run it: httrack http://www.xyz.com –max-rate=1000000000 –sockets=50 –disable-security-limits –display –max-rate is the download rate where 1000 = 1 KB/sec, so I am … Continue reading →

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