Category Archives: Ubuntu

Getting VMWare Workstation 12 Pro to work on Ubuntu Wily (15.10)

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Ahmed Tawfik

Just add this line to the  “/usr/bin/vmware” file: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH immediately after the “export PRODUCT_NAME bla bla bla” line. That’s it! Enjoy! Source: http://askubuntu.com/questions/689123/vmware-wont-work-after-ubuntu-upgrade

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How to add Application Icons to Ubuntu

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Ahmed Tawfik

Just copy your PNG icon file to /usr/share/icons/hicolor/[SIZE]/applications Then run the command: “sudo gtk-update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/hicolor” That’s it!

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How to connect to a VM hosted on QEMU remotely using virt-viewer

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Ahmed Tawfik

I couldn’t find comprehensive articles about this, so I decided to write one myself. In brief, here is a sample command: virt-viewer –connect qemu+ssh://aamr@hobba/system winVM Where: virt-viewer: is the command itself –connect: is obviously the parameter telling the command to … Continue reading →

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Password-less SSH Login to Ubuntu Server

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Ahmed Tawfik

On the client: ========================================================================================= socrat@socrat-laptop ~/.ssh $ ssh-keygen Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/home/socrat/.ssh/id_rsa): Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in /home/socrat/.ssh/id_rsa. Your … Continue reading →

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How to disable Guest Session Login in Ubuntu Trust 14.04

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Ahmed Tawfik

“sudo gedit /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-ubuntu.conf” Add the following line: “allow-guest=false” Save the file Enjoy! OR you can simply run the following command: ” echo allow-guest=false | sudo tee -a /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-ubuntu.conf” You can still Enjoy! 🙂 Source: http://www.noobslab.com/2014/04/thingstweaks-to-do-after-install-of.html

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