Tag Archives: Ubuntu

How to change your current username on Ubuntu Linux

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

Beware, this action is VERY dangerous and might ruin some of your running applications, I tried it first on a virtual machine and then my actual machine and it messed up 2 or 3 apps only, I was lucky as … Continue reading →

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How to compress a file into multiple splitted files (Like what you used to do in MS Windows using Winrar)

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

I made it through the GUI this time, not using the command line: Opened Gnome File Roller (Applications ->Accessories->Archive Manager) Dragged the folder I wanted to compress inside it Click “Create Archive” Click “Other Options” Tick “Split in volumes of” … Continue reading →

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How to split a text file in Ubuntu

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

Simple! Just use the “split” command, if no arguments are specified, it will split the text file to files each containing 1,000 lines of text.

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How to Enable Ctrl + Alt + BackSpace in Ubuntu Jaunty and Karmic

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

Method 1 (tested by me and working): “sudo apt-get install dontzap” “sudo dontzap -d” Method 2 (hasn’t been tested by me): Add the following lines to your xorg.conf file, making sure that when you paste it, it is NOT using … Continue reading →

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The anonymity script in action :)

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

The trick worked on my wireless router at home :), check the screenshots below:

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