Running out of space in / folder

[Eberhard Roloff]

Amila Liyanaarachchi wrote:
> I have allocated a 3.8GB partition (/home, /boot are in different
> partitions) to my root directory.
> Recently upgraded to KDE 4.2 and now my root directory is full. I have
> very few amount of Software installed. but the size of / is
> unbelievably large.
> 
> Any guess why? Any actions I can take to reduce size ?
> 
If you are still able to install and/or use it, kdirstat will show you 
where your space is wasted.

and an introduction about Disk Usage and cleanup tools:

http://www.linux.com/articles/51600

regards
Eberhard