Ever wanted to download a huge number of files that have enumerated filenames like foo1.png foo2.png foo3.png etc?

Well, Alaa wrote two nice little tools to help you do so. That was back in 2002.

How to setup Apache Tomcat on Linux?

• Download Java SDK from

download the "self-extracting file"

• Install Java SDK

Open new shell type su to login as root

#su
#chmod +x j2sdk-1_4_2_09-linux-i586.bin
#./j2sdk-1_4_2_09-linux-i586.bin

press enter till finish the agreement and type y to start installation. you will find it installed in your home directory

• set Java Environment Variables

#export JAVA_HOME=/home/hashim/j2sdk1.4.2_09/
#export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin

replace the directory above with the correct directory according to your system.

• Test Java version

if you want to know the current java version type you should see

Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_09-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_09-b05, mixed mode)

• Download Tomcat

download version 5.0.28 to be compatible with JDK 1.4.2 because the latest versions of tomcat require JDK5

• extract tomcat

• Install Tomcat

#cd jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28
#cd bin
#tar xvfz jsvc.tar.gz
#cd jsvc-src
#chmod +x configure
#./configure
#make
#cp jsvc ..
#cd ..

• Run Tomcat

you should see the Tomcat Administration page

• Test Tomcat

go to webapps/ROOT in the tomcat directory and create page hello.html and write in it

• Make JSP page

go to webapps/ROOT in the tomcat directory and create page hello.jsp and write in it the following lines

 < %=new String("Hello Ahmed Hashim")% >

قواميس بروتوكول dict

سنتحدث هنا عن استخدام هذه القواميس محليا (دون الحاجة لاتصال بالإنترنت)

إذا كنت تخطط لا ستخدام قاموس عن طريق برتوكول dict محليا على جهازك تحتاج الى اعداد dict server ليعمل على جهازك أولا ,أى ستحتاج إلى

رقع ام بلاير ليدعم العربية

ملحوظة لا حاجة لرقعة ال GTK+2 بعد اﻵن فقد أصبح ام بلاير يستخدمها اﻵن افتراضياً.

ما سنقوم به هو رقع ام بلاير ليدعم اظهار الترجمة العربية (sub-title),وأيضا إظهار أسماء الملفات العربية فى مستعرض الملفات.

after reading this you should be able to run an openLDAP server populate it with users information and authenticate other linux PCs to it and provide the user information in thunderbird addressbook (isn't that cool)