linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] More hd space needed

On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Roy <linuxcanuck@gmail.com> wrote:

> If you have everything on one Linux partition then you can delete your tmp
> folder in /. You will need a root file manager session to do that. That can
> fill up GBs. You can also use some utilities to clean caches and delete
> wasted file space. You can also get rid of debs and change the settings so
> that it does not store downloaded debs.
>
> Roy
> Using Kubuntu 12.10, 64-bit
> Location: Canada
>
>
> Joan,
> Nice ideas, but the Dell Inspiron is 10 years old and the usb ports are
> usb1. And I do have a Maxtor external backup for the main desktop which
> has a firewire input. The idea about the linux live is something I'm not
> aware of. Maybe you could fill me in or how to google for it.
> Roy, I did not find much in my tmp directory. Will keep looking.
> Thanks to you both.
> Jim
>
> On 1 December 2012 20:52, Joan Leach <jleach728@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> > You could add an USB external hard drive for personal storage. You could
> > copy the current hard drive to another via Linux Live CD, then make the
> > partitions bigger, too.
> >
> > Joan in Reno
> >
> > --- On Sat, 12/1/12, James Jolin <james.jolin@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: James Jolin <james.jolin@gmail.com>
> > Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] More hd space needed
> > To: "Linux Newbies" <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Saturday, December 1, 2012, 5:30 PM
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> >
> > Starting to run out of hd space on my linux 13 partition. I could get
> >
> > some from the Windows partition but I can't find a way to do that even
> >
> > if I were to delete the Windows partition. Anybody got some ideas
> >
> > besides starting from scratch?
> >
> > Jim
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