fuse - sshfs-fuse

tested on openSUSE 13.1 RC1
downloaded 2.4 at sourceforge.net, unpack and './configure'.

get the following error:

[...] checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for SSHFS... configure: error: Package requirements (fuse >= 2.2 glib-2.0 gthread-2.0) were not met:
No package 'glib-2.0' found
No package 'gthread-2.0' found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables SSHFS_CFLAGS
and SSHFS_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

install glib2-devel!

continue: ./configure, make and make install

then:
sshfs username@server:/directory /mountpoint

systemd - boot into emergency shell

when the the grub2 graphic boot screen appears press 'e', the grub text mode "setparams 'OS'" opens. move the error keys down and find the entry "linux".
go to end of the line to the last boot option and enter: systemd.unit=emergency.target
press F10 to boot and the system will boot into emergency mode/shell (just once).

on a side note: if there are more kernel installed find the entry (linux) matching the kernel you want to add the boot option.

permanent entries are added at the end of the line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="" in the file /etc/default/grub.

(tested on openSUSE 13.1 beta) more infos on systemd: doc.openSUSE: Chapter 8. The systemd daemon

firefox - echofon

loved the app, because it gave me twitter updates in a small pop-up from where I could choose to my liking what to open and what not.
Now I'm getting: Can’t login to Twitter. (410 Gone (account_verify_credentials)) (for quite some time actually).
Today I got the time to look at it and found:Echofon for Firefox dies after Twitter API changes – Here’s how to get it back
I'm going to try it out later.

Update: works like a charm.

kmix high CPU usage

All of a sudden at startup kmix CPU usage spiked. Sometimes up to 70%.

After deleting the files in ~/.kde4/share/apps/kmix/profiles it's back to normal.

In the directory was a large (5MB) "PulseAudio.Playback_Streams.1.default.xml" file.

A forums entry at forums.opensuse.org pointed me to the file.

Searching online for that file will also bring up some Bugs reporting 100% CPU usage.