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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Reminder to clear your ~/.cache folder every now and then (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A screenshot of a file manager preview window for my ~/.cache folder, which takes up 164.3 GiB and has 246,049 files and 15,126 folders. The folder was first created about 1.75 years ago with my system

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Oh yeah, you never hear such complaints about Windows or MacOS.

BTW can you recommend any good tools to cleanup my registry?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And don't forget to defrag, while you are at it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Windows auto defrag now though. Dont hate me I love my Linux.