On Sat, 2012-07-14 at 23:12 -0400, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote:
> but what would delete all the unnecessary files that are
> amassed over time? Surely they're not all listed in the "tmp"
> folder!.....

It depends on what you mean by "unnecessary files."

Temporary files created by programs are created in tmp directories, and
are supposedly culled by the system some time later, automatically.
There are tmpwatch scripts that handle that. And if the tmp directory
is a tmpfs (temporary file system) mounted on that point, the contents
will be lost after shutdown, and during reboot.

Web browser cache files are kept within the browsers directories in your
homespace. The browser automatically manages them according to your
browser preferences (e.g. if you tell it to use 400 megs of space, it
maintains that cache at that level).

Packages downloaded by YUM for installing or upgrading are cached
within /var/cache/yum (or somewhere similar, if the location has changed
since I last manually dealt with it). And YUM can be set to keep the
cache, or prune it when finished installing. I believe the current
defaults are to remove the cached files as it finished.

If you manually download files, such as with your web browser, it's up
to you to delete them when finished with. You could semi-automate this
by always downloading them to the /tmp directory, so the system will
remove them a couple of days after you've finished with them.

(Back in my Amiga days, I used to download to, and unpack archives, in
the trashcan directory. It was a normal directory, so that you could
use it like that, just with a convenient empty trash function triggered
from the desktop icon.)

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On 07/14/2012 08:12 PM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote:


On 07/13/2012 06:14 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:

On 07/13/2012 05:18 PM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote:
Well in all actuality I "started" off with "Fusion" Linux version
14....but after
upgrading to the "straight" version of FC15....I then went to the
straight version
of FC16...and THAT'S when I started getting the error message with
telepathy, and
ever since deleting it, which was last night I haven't seen it
since, and I can
still use Pidgin...so once again thanks...and should I have any more
puzzling

questions I'll be seeking you o0ut for more Fedora Wisdom!
Yes, the removal will fix that issue. Still, based on what you've
said, it may be a

good idea to run yum distro-sync at some point.




Cool! Thanx! I will, I'm also wondering if there's some way to "tidy"
up my computer in general, I mean I know there's no official
"defragmenter" for Linux, but what would delete all the unnecessary
files that are amassed over time? Surely they're not all listed in the
"tmp" folder!.....I apologize for constantly trying to pick your brain
and all, but I just believe in killing as many birds with the fewest
stones possible, and I figure since I have you "on the line" then I'd
give it my best shot!



EGO II


Yum install bleachbit. Be careful what you choose to delete.

John


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WOW!.....that's a LOT to digest! I wouldn't mind going about it with that suggestion of using a tmp directory that automatically empties itself out, but I'm wondering if that wouldn't cause problems with the installed program?....(I'm so used to just letting the PC do what it wants in regards to files!) And I've already had instances (with Windows) where I've changed the installation directory for a program and it didn't work as expected because fo the change.....sigh~! I guess I'll just have to start reading a lot more about Linux and get myself familiar with it's inner workings Thank you so much for your advice....!!



EGO II

On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 3:09 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

On Sat, 2012-07-14 at 23:12 -0400, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote:

> but what would delete all the unnecessary files that are

> amassed over time? Surely they're not all listed in the "tmp"

> folder!.....



It depends on what you mean by "unnecessary files."



Temporary files created by programs are created in tmp directories, and

are supposedly culled by the system some time later, automatically.

There are tmpwatch scripts that handle that. *And if the tmp directory

is a tmpfs (temporary file system) mounted on that point, the contents

will be lost after shutdown, and during reboot.



Web browser cache files are kept within the browsers directories in your

homespace. *The browser automatically manages them according to your

browser preferences (e.g. if you tell it to use 400 megs of space, it

maintains that cache at that level).



Packages downloaded by YUM for installing or upgrading are cached

within /var/cache/yum (or somewhere similar, if the location has changed

since I last manually dealt with it). *And YUM can be set to keep the

cache, or prune it when finished installing. *I believe the current

defaults are to remove the cached files as it finished.



If you manually download files, such as with your web browser, it's up

to you to delete them when finished with. *You could semi-automate this

by always downloading them to the /tmp directory, so the system will

remove them a couple of days after you've finished with them.



(Back in my Amiga days, I used to download to, and unpack archives, in

the trashcan directory. *It was a normal directory, so that you could

use it like that, just with a convenient empty trash function triggered

from the desktop icon.)



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On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Eddie O'Connor <eoconnor25@gmail.com> wrote:

WOW!.....that's a LOT to digest! I wouldn't mind going about it with that suggestion of using a tmp directory that automatically empties itself out, but I'm wondering if that wouldn't cause problems with the installed program?....(I'm so used to just letting the PC do what it wants in regards to files!) And I've already had instances (with Windows) where I've changed the installation directory for a program and it didn't work as expected because fo the change.....sigh~! I guess I'll just have to start reading a lot more about Linux and get myself familiar with it's inner workings Thank you so much for your advice....!!




EGO II

On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 3:09 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au> wrote:


On Sat, 2012-07-14 at 23:12 -0400, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote:

> but what would delete all the unnecessary files that are

> amassed over time? Surely they're not all listed in the "tmp"

> folder!.....



It depends on what you mean by "unnecessary files."



Temporary files created by programs are created in tmp directories, and

are supposedly culled by the system some time later, automatically.

There are tmpwatch scripts that handle that. *And if the tmp directory

is a tmpfs (temporary file system) mounted on that point, the contents

will be lost after shutdown, and during reboot.



Web browser cache files are kept within the browsers directories in your

homespace. *The browser automatically manages them according to your

browser preferences (e.g. if you tell it to use 400 megs of space, it

maintains that cache at that level).



Packages downloaded by YUM for installing or upgrading are cached

within /var/cache/yum (or somewhere similar, if the location has changed

since I last manually dealt with it). *And YUM can be set to keep the

cache, or prune it when finished installing. *I believe the current

defaults are to remove the cached files as it finished.



If you manually download files, such as with your web browser, it's up

to you to delete them when finished with. *You could semi-automate this

by always downloading them to the /tmp directory, so the system will

remove them a couple of days after you've finished with them.



(Back in my Amiga days, I used to download to, and unpack archives, in

the trashcan directory. *It was a normal directory, so that you could

use it like that, just with a convenient empty trash function triggered

from the desktop icon.)



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I recently read something about some malicious bug that can assumedly infect Linux computers, as well as the usual *MS and Apple excuses for operating systems. I didn't necessarily believe it as, thankfully, we go through a lot of permission stuff to install anything. Given this, if one were so naive to install this virus, would Bleachit be able to get rid of it? Is the program intuitive enough - or can we program it to be such - to get rid of this, or any other malicious code for people who might be so inclined to install it? If we could, given that most viruses for Linux are contained, we might influence more users over to Linux, or help those who stubbornly stick with MS or Apple (if we wanted to be altruistic).



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On 07/15/2012 11:49 AM, Richard Vickery wrote:

Given this, if one were so naive to install this virus, would Bleachit
be able to get rid of it? Is the program intuitive enough - or can we
program it to be such - to get rid of this, or any other malicious code
for people who might be so inclined to install it?


No. I take it that you haven't installed or run Bleachbit yet or you
wouldn't be asking. All it does is get rid of cruft, temp files, and
such, including emptying caches and "vacuuming" databases. (AFAIK, the
standard term for that is "compressing," and I've no idea why they
didn't use it.) Still, it can recover a remarkable amount of space if
used properly.

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On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Joe Zeff <joe@zeff.us> wrote:

On 07/15/2012 11:49 AM, Richard Vickery wrote:


Given this, if one were so naive to install this virus, would Bleachit

be able to get rid of it? Is the program intuitive enough - or can we

program it to be such - to get rid of this, or any other malicious code

for people who might be so inclined to install it?




No. *I take it that you haven't installed or run Bleachbit yet or you wouldn't be asking. *All it does is get rid of cruft, temp files, and such, including emptying caches and "vacuuming" databases. *(AFAIK, the standard term for that is "compressing," and I've no idea why they didn't use it.) *Still, it can recover a remarkable amount of space if used properly.


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Thanks for the clarification Joe. Instead of yum, I went to read about it in the "Add/remove Programs" and that bit of writing sounded like it might have done what I had assumed. Again, thanks for this.
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On 07/15/2012 12:17 PM, Richard Vickery wrote:

Thanks for the clarification Joe. Instead of yum, I went to read about
it in the "Add/remove Programs" and that bit of writing sounded like it
might have done what I had assumed. Again, thanks for this.


Glad to be of assistance, Richard. However, I'd recommend that you
install and use it because I've found it to be very good at what it
does. And, you can also install (from the program's website) a version
that runs as "Administrator." That is, it needs the root password
because instead of only cleaning up your files it does the same for the
system files. Up until recently, I'd use it after updating the kernel
and before the required reboot. Now, kernel updates come so frequently
that most of the time there's no real need.

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On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Joe Zeff <joe@zeff.us> wrote:

On 07/15/2012 12:17 PM, Richard Vickery wrote:


Thanks for the clarification Joe. Instead of yum, I went to read about

it in the "Add/remove Programs" and that bit of writing sounded like it

might have done what I had assumed. Again, thanks for this.




Glad to be of assistance, Richard. *However, I'd recommend that you install and use it because I've found it to be very good at what it does. *And, you can also install (from the program's website) a version that runs as "Administrator." *That is, it needs the root password because instead of only cleaning up your files it does the same for the system files. *Up until recently, I'd use it after updating the kernel and before the required reboot. *Now, kernel updates come so frequently that most of the time there's no real need.



I have, though I'm a little wary of using it because of of the caution written about earlier.
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On 07/15/2012 05:53 PM, Richard Vickery wrote:


I have, though I'm a little wary of using it because of of the caution
written about earlier.


Don't just accept the defaults blindly, especially when running it as
root. Take a look at what it can do and select only the items you need.
And, when you're running it as yourself, remember that it can't clean
up your email client or browser properly unless you exit them first.

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On Sun, 2012-07-15 at 12:08 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
> All it does is get rid of cruft, temp files, and
> such, including emptying caches and "vacuuming" databases. (AFAIK,
> the standard term for that is "compressing," and I've no idea why they
> didn't use it.)

Because 1) "compressing" usually means something else (perhaps you meant
"compacting"), and 2) "vacuuming" appears to be a standard term in
database circles. It's even a built-in operation in sqlite and
presumably other db systems (I'm no expert).

poc

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