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StarDict, The Free Dictionary

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

I was searching for a good dictionary in my Ubuntu box, and after some googling, I found StarDict; first impression is nice, especially that there are many downloadable dictionaries availabe (especially the English-Arabic and Arabic-English ones I need) and provides … Continue reading →

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BlueProximity: Leave it – it’s locked, come back – it’s back too..

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

This is a MARVELOUS piece of software!! I couldn’t believe myself at first :S, here is its description from the official website: This software helps you add a little more security to your desktop. It does so by detecting one … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Connect to AIX V5.3 XServer

Posted on December 6, 2008 by Ahmed Tawfik

How to redirect graphical output of AIX to Ubuntu and run: 1) Go to System ->Administration ->Login Window->Security-> untick “Deny TCP connections to Xserver”2) Log out and then back in3) Type these commands in the terminal:xhost +telnet host_nameexport DISPLAY=Client_IP:0.04) Run … Continue reading →

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How to restart the audio in Ubuntu

Posted on December 6, 2008 by Ahmed Tawfik

check for process pulseaudio kill it re-open it with the -D flag Audio is back 🙂

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Firefox ROCKS! Firefox Profiles

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Ahmed Tawfik

I have just disovered a feature that I needed sooooooooooo much @ work when having to access multiple networks with different proxies; this feature is ‘Profiles’. You can have many Firefoxes on the same OS :), each one with totally … Continue reading →

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