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avidfan
May 6th, 2008, 12:41 PM
hello,
ive just installed hardy and im new to linux. i was wondering how to clean up my hard drive as you do in xp to get rid of your unwanted internet pages and so on.
thanks in advance,
av

Cypher
May 6th, 2008, 12:47 PM
Just like in WinXP, you do it within the application. So in Firefox, have it delete it's private data and that'll clear the browser history and caches.

kpkeerthi
May 6th, 2008, 12:48 PM
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/cleaning-up-all-unnecessary-junk-files-in-ubuntu.html

avidfan
May 6th, 2008, 12:51 PM
is that it? isnt there anything more technical? in xp i always went into the control panel!
thanks!!

mlentink
May 6th, 2008, 12:53 PM
is that it? isnt there anything more technical? in xp i always went into the control panel!
thanks!!

Yeah, well, that's XP. Who says Ubuntu/Linux isn't 'user-friendly'?

avidfan
May 6th, 2008, 12:56 PM
thanks for both of your replies! very much appreciated!