Author Archives: Ahmed Tawfik

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About Ahmed Tawfik

Cybersecurity Professional, Systems Engineer, OSS & Linux Geek

How to remove items from nautilus context menu

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

I installed a STUPID application and this STUPID application installed a STUPID item to my nautilus context menu so that whenever I right click any folder or file, I can send it to that STUPID application!! Anyway, whenever I click … Continue reading →

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Force Empty Trash

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

Sometimes you might face a problem where you can’t delete files in the Trash (due to permission issues), I solved this problem by doing the following: Go to directory “.local/share/Trash/” by typing “cd .local/share/Trash” Execute this command: “sudo rm -rf … Continue reading →

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How to ensure the integrity of your VERY LARGE files on AIX

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

Something that I’ve learnt by time is that I must check my files – especially big ones – upon transferring them from one medium to another or through a network or you’re really going to face troubles that you’ll see … Continue reading →

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Compile and Install VLC 0.9.9a on Ubuntu Hardy

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

Here is what I did to install VLC 0.9.9a on my Ubuntu Hardy: sudo apt-get build-dep vlcsudo apt-get install paranoia*sudo apt-get install libx264-dev wget http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/pub…-latest.tar.gztar xvfz live555-latest.tar.gzcd livesudo ./genMakefiles linuxsudo makecd ..sudo cp -r live /usr/lib wget http://download.videolan.org/pub/vid…0.9.9a.tar.bz2tar jxvf vlc-0.9.9a.tar.bz2cd … Continue reading →

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Foxyproxy ROCKS!

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

I’ll explain later :), just know that if you use a lot of proxies in multiple client locations, schools, universities …etc, then Foxyproxy for Firefox is definitely the solution for you. Get it here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2464

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