Category Archives: Linux

Docker file & compose for phpBB3

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Ahmed Tawfik

I needed a local instance to play around with phpBB, which I couldn’t find recent docker files for, so I just created my own. The below are the docker-compose.yml and Dockerfile for the latest version of phpBB as of now; … Continue reading →

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If WSLg apps show a black screen!

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Ahmed Tawfik

You might have rendering issues with WSLg apps, especially in case you are using an Intel graphics card, like this: In that case, just configure an environment variable named LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE and set it to 1. To persist it, add this … Continue reading →

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List all files and first level directories arranged by size on Linux

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Ahmed Tawfik

du -sh * | sort -hr Where: du -sh: Shows the sizes of files and directories in a human-readable format sort -hr: Sorts the output by size in human format, with the largest items at the top. Sample: That’s it, … Continue reading →

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Mount shared folder inside Kali Linux VM on VMware Workstation

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Ahmed Tawfik

Create a share from your Virtual Machine Settings, let’s call it shared_vm To make it permanent, add it to /etc/fstab as follows: Tested on the following environment: Host: Windows 11 Pro x86-64 Host Guest: Kali 2024.3 x86-64 Hypervisor: VMware Workstation … Continue reading →

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Script to grab sizes of GCP buckets

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Ahmed Tawfik

Prerequisites: Google Cloud SDK Installed & Configured For a simple script that just does the job and gets the sizes of all your buckets: For a more comprehensive script that picks a specific set of buckets and saves the output … Continue reading →

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