2008 June - Part 5

Archive for June, 2008

Get your free ORACLE Unbreakable Linux DVD kit.

posted on June 6, 2008 in Linux, Software with 5 Comments

Oracle got into the Linux playing field with it’s Oracle Enterprise Linux which is based on Redhat’s Enterprise Linux. Oracle then put together the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program to provide full Linux support to their customers. Oracle Unbreakable Linux support is not limited to only Oracle products. Customers can switch any of their current [...]

Petrol Rush in Malaysia

posted on June 5, 2008 in General, Malaysia with 8 Comments

This was the scene at the petrol kiosk near my housing estate in Cheras. I did not fuel up and so did many of my friends. We tried our luck at kiosks around but all of them had piles of cars waiting to fuel up. It just wasn’t worth it. Waiting in line for hours [...]

Defension is down

posted on June 5, 2008 in Software, Web 2.0, WordPress with 0 Comments

Defensio has been down since yesterday. My spam aren’t being filtered, I can’t access my Defensio quarantine page and users are unable to post new comments. Their hosting provider Amazon (EC2) push some software which caused Defensio’s services to go down. The team’s currently working on the issue and updated can be tracked through their [...]

Fuel price hike in Malaysia

posted on June 4, 2008 in General, Malaysia with 4 Comments

It’s RUMORED that the new fuel price in Malaysia effective midnight today will be raised from RM1.92 to RM2.70. That’s a 78 cents hike which adds up to about 40%. My Wira gonna cost me about RM110 for a full tank. Looks like the petrol pumps around town are gonna be filled up today. You [...]

How to send a process to the background

posted on June 3, 2008 in HowTo, Linux with 3 Comments

Sending a process to the background in Linux is quite easy. All you need is bg, fg, &, and ctrl+Z ( ^Z ). For this example I will use a simple bash script test.sh I put together to print “Test” every 5 seconds. #!/bin/bash #This script will print “Test” every 5 seconds # while [ [...]

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