Author Archives: Ahmed Tawfik

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About Ahmed Tawfik

Cybersecurity Professional, Systems Engineer, OSS & Linux Geek

Cracking Windows Passwords in Ubuntu using ophcrack

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Ahmed Tawfik

I really can’t believe what happened :S :S :S, I just downloaded a software called” ophcrack” within my Ubuntu installation, and it could – in less than a minute – find out the password I use for my administrator account … Continue reading →

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Bluetooth and Wireless Ad-hoc Networks Problems Solved

Posted on May 25, 2008 by Ahmed Tawfik

Now and finally I can say that my Ubuntu setup is PERFECT: Easily connect to any wirelss network; infrastructure and ad-hoc, thanks to ndiswrapper 🙂 Send and receive bluetooth files as well as browse any bluetooth device using Nautilus (latest … Continue reading →

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Firefox Add-ons: Video DownloadHelper

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Ahmed Tawfik

I used to download videos from YouTube and similar sites using the plugin provided by Real Player 11, but I couldn’t use it on Linux, and so, I searched for another tool, and what a surprise :), I found a … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Tweak

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Ahmed Tawfik

A great tool from GetDeb.net that allows you to easily configure all hidden features of your Ubuntu OS:http://getdeb.net/app/Ubuntu+TweakIt’s a must-try tool! And by the way, this tool allowed me to easily manage my processor frequency in one of my old … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Memory Efficiency, can any OS be better than that??

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Ahmed Tawfik

Applications Loaded: Firefox 3 Skype 2 Emesene 1 GDesklets Gnome Terminal Zekr (Java-based application) Memory Usage: 415 MB RAM 0 Swap No Comment!!! I can’t dream of anything better than that!

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