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Quick update to my previous post, the main openSUSE repositories are back online.

Need to find files older than certain time frame? This will help, “find [dir] -type f -mtime +[24hours*n] " Examples, Show files older than 7 days find /tmp/ -type f -mtime +7 Show files older than 7 days and rm them. find /tmp/ -type f -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \; or if you have a large number of files find /tmp/ -type f -mtime +7 | xargs rm

The main openSUSE repositories have been down for about 12 hours now due to hardware failures. If you are using these mirrors then your package manager would most likely fail as mine did. Screen shots below. So what do you do? It’s advisable to use a mirror closer to your location. I use Japan. The performance is better when compared with the other Asian mirros. For the full list of mirrors go to the openSUSE Wiki ...

Abi posted an extensive list of free WiFi hotspots from around Malaysia over at Delirium. The full list available at Delirium. If you have additional HotSpots which did not make the list, leave a comment and they will get added. KL & Selangor All timezones listed free hotspots (inc whole M’sia Starbucks) Goto Timezone list 1 Utama new wing Certain KFC outlets during weekdays from 2pm to 6pm (pls visit KFC.com.my) Hai Siang Kopitiam /Haipeng ( Bdr Puteri Puchong) Simply Penang (bdr puteri Puchong) Star Junction (Bdr Puteri Puchong) Kopikau (Bdr Puteri Puchong) Source : Delirium

Switched over from Math Comment Spam Protection to reCAPTCHA. Spam has still been coming in despite the Math Comment Spam Protection plugin. I decided to take reCAPTCHA for a spin for a few weeks. Hopefully it helps. What is reCAPTCHA? You need a CAPTCHA differentiate human from computers. There are many other CAPTCHA programs available today, from numbers to whole phrases. Almost every website with registration, comments or basically any sort of forms implement some kind of CAPTCHA to keep spam bots at bay. ...