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anthemousios
August 20th, 2014, 10:03 AM
As time passes the free disk space seems to be reduced. How can I clean my disk to save some space

sudodus
August 20th, 2014, 02:34 PM
0. Back up you system before you start removing things, because you might remove too much ...

1. You can remove old kernels and leave only the current one and the previous one (so the two newest and working kernels). This is easy to do with Ubuntu Tweak


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa


Then update the source and install Ubuntu Tweak:


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

When you have installed, just type to get all packages up to date:


sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

2. You can identify and remove files that are just filling the disk, multimedia files, iso files, old documents etc. this may be the main task.

3. You can identify and remove program packages that are just filling the disk.


sudo apt-get remove package (use the relevant package name for each package you want to remove).

pfeiffep
August 20th, 2014, 04:25 PM
sudodus (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=1499021) provided excellent solution if you want a more streamlined approach I've found that bleachbit keeps my systems clean.