Author Archives: Ahmed Tawfik

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About Ahmed Tawfik

Cybersecurity Professional, Systems Engineer, OSS & Linux Geek

How to stop mysql from starting up automatically in Ubuntu Desktop

MySQL uses a different mechanism other than apache2, so you can simply comment the three lines inside “/etc/init/mysql.conf” Change this: start on (net-device-up and local-filesystems and runlevel [2345]) stop on runlevel [016] to this: #start on (net-device-up # and local-filesystems … Continue reading

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How to stop apache2 from automatically starting in Ubuntu Desktop

sudo update-rc.d apache2 remove

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How to exclude a folder when using TAR to archive

I’m generally using the “tar” utility to backup my stuff, but sometimes I need to exclude some folders, especially very large folders such as those for Videos or Virtual Machines, this is the syntax you need to use: tar -cvf … Continue reading

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Enable/Disable registration of LibreOffice as default app for opening office files on Windows

First post after a long time! Registration of LibreOffice as default application for Microsoft Office formats can be forced or suppressed by using the following command line switches with the installer: /msoreg=1 will force registration of LibreOffice as default application … Continue reading

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How to enable Android Market on Samsung Galaxy Mobiles

Android market seems to be disabled by default on Samsung Galaxy mobile phones in the Middle East, and Samsung is using their marketplace instead, which is totally ridiculous. To enable the Android market (Tested successfully on Samsung Galaxy S9000) BACKUP … Continue reading

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