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Re: Why so big?

Karl Larsen

2008-05-15

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debian wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 20:11 -0400, steve wrote:
>  
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>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>> |   I loaded this Ubuntu system with a Live CD which was close to 700
>> | MBytes. It has been updated a lot and is the Gutsy version. I was just
>> | checking and the hard drive has
>> |
>> |   6,796,024,000 Bytes now! It is getting bigger every day. I wonder if
>> | it will end?
>> |
>> | Karl
>> |
>>
>>
>> If im not mistaken the base install size is in the vicinity of 2gb, your
>> closer to 7. you install extra stuff, LAMP, KDE, etc?
>>
>>  
> if your like me, you tend to have gigs of files in your /home/[username]
> file. You should go through and remove any files that you no longer use
> (or atleast burn them to a disk before removing them, especially if you
> are unsure if you will need them in the future)
>
> --cj
>
>
>  
  Not so. My /home/karl/ is another partition with all that stuff.

Karl


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