Author Archives: Ahmed Tawfik

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About Ahmed Tawfik

Cybersecurity Professional, Systems Engineer, OSS & Linux Geek

Install Gnome 3 on Ubuntu Lucid

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

This is not for production usage, take extreme care! However, Gnome 3 installation will not affect your Gnome 2.* files. Here are the steps: “sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/testing“ “sudo apt-get update“ “sudo apt-get install gnome-shell“ “gnome-shell –replace“ You can use the … Continue reading →

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At last, permanent solution to the problem of Ubuntu Lucid Network Manager – sometimes – not able to recognize 3G modem

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

At last, and after a long wait and suffering each time I need to use my 3G modem (plug in, plug out, use another USB port, switch two modems …etc), and the worst was that I didn’t know why it … Continue reading →

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Buddy Pounce in Pidgin

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

A very nice feature that allows triggering of events based on buddies’ actions, here is a sample scenario: I’ve logged in to Sametime and found my manager offline Right-click on the name and click “Add Buddy Pounce” I needed to … Continue reading →

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Instant Delivery of New Blog Posts & Comments On WordPress Via Jabber

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

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Clear Saved Username/Password for a specific site on Firefox

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

I had a wrong password saved for my Gmail inbox and Firefox (V3.5.8 at the time of this post) didn’t want to change it, so I have to change the saved password each time I open my inbox, so I … Continue reading →

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