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01-Apr-2007, 08:20 PM #1
Question disk defrag
Does the Linux ext3 file system get fragmeted, so that a defragmeter tool is needed like used in XP with NTFS ?
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Nope. Ain't Linux great!
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Oh really, that's good, and how about a disk clean-up tool like in XP for temp files ?
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02-Apr-2007, 10:27 PM #5
Linux doesn't spread detritus all over your hard drive the way Windows does. There are very little temporary files on a Linux system. Most of them you'll find in /var, and are usually log files. My Ubuntu 6.06 installation has been in use for over ten months straight. My entire /var directory is only 285M in size.
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<3 linux. Only reason i use windows is for a wider selection of programs.
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