Tag Archives: Linux

Mount NTFS manually on Ubuntu Linux Server

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Ahmed Tawfik

First, list all the ntfs drives you have: “fdisk -l | grep NTFS”, example output: /dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda2 206848 409599999 204696576 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda3 409600000 976957421 283678711 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFA Second, create a folder to mount … Continue reading →

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Alternative way to find files with specific extension in a folder on Linux

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Ahmed Tawfik

If you don’t like the “find” command, you can use the following one instead (I prefer it myself): ls -R | grep “\.xml” where “-R” lists all recursively grep is used to filter filename “\.xml” you must put the “\” … Continue reading →

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How to mount CD on Linux

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Ahmed Tawfik

mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /mount_point

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How to install #LibreOffice properly on #LinuxMint v12

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Ahmed Tawfik

You have to do “sudo apt-get install libreoffice libreoffice-gnome” The trick here is the libreoffice-gnome, which will integrate properly with Gnome (since LibreOffice windows weren’t showing up in the botton bar) and enhance the GUI significantly. Enjoy!

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How to fix blank pages in PDF printer in Linux Mint 12

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Ahmed Tawfik

PDF printer comes by detault in linux mint, and when I tried it, it produced blank pages with no content whatsoever. What I did to fix this is that: I opened my printers list deleted the existing PDF printer then … Continue reading →

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