Author Archives: Ahmed Tawfik

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About Ahmed Tawfik

Cybersecurity Professional, Systems Engineer, OSS & Linux Geek

DeVeDe; Convert your favorite movies to be played on a DVD player

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

One of the things I was looking for since a very long time ago is that I wanted to play my favorite movies on the TV, not on the computer. I wanted that for 2 reasons: The TV is much … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Gamers Arena

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

I found a fantastic site specialized in games available for Ubuntu. If you’re a gamer and you’re using Ubuntu, then “Ubuntu Gamers Arena” is for you.

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Playdeb; An Ubuntu Games Repository

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

The very famous http://www.getdeb.net website for providing a LOT of packages for Ubuntu including Games, Audio, Multimedia, Development…etc has created a project (still in beta stage till the time of this entry) which aims at providing a repository specialized in … Continue reading →

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StarDict, The Free Dictionary

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

I was searching for a good dictionary in my Ubuntu box, and after some googling, I found StarDict; first impression is nice, especially that there are many downloadable dictionaries availabe (especially the English-Arabic and Arabic-English ones I need) and provides … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Wireless Solution for Thinkpad T60 with Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

There are many wireless drivers available for Linux: ath5k, madwifi, ndiswrapper…etc. For the model described in the title (Atheros), madwifi latest version exists in Ubuntu 8.10 by default, and I faced the following problems: Very weak signal, even if I’m … Continue reading →

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