Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2008/11/25 Loïc Grenié <loic.grenie at gmail.com>

> 2008/11/25, Michael Haney <thezorch at gmail.com>:
> > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Manuel Gomez <mgdpz1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi, i would like to know a tool or software to erase the cache, clean
> >> the registry...
> >>
> >> Somebody could help me?
> > >
> > > Thank you very much, I appreciate your help.
> >>
> >
> >
> > That's the Windows way of thinking.
>
>     Indeed... but
>
> > For one, Linux doesn't create  temp files like Windows does
>
>      What you mean is probably false. Lots of programs under
>  Linux create temporary files, for instance Firefox (and other
>  browsers) save a copy of the pages in its disk cache (situated
>  in ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/Cache for Firefox).

Yes, Firefox does, Linux doesn't.


> How you clean
>  the cache depends very much on the program; however you
>  probably mean "Firefox' cache" so that you can
>
> click on Edit -> Preferences
> in the "Advanced" tab click "Empty cache"
>
>    If you want to empty the cache of another program, you'll
>  have to specify which one !
>
> > and secondly Linux doesn't have a  Registry.
>
>      100% true but gnome has a configuration database which
>  looks a lot like registry.
>
>    If by "clear registry" you mean remove Firefox history, you
>  have a "history bar" that you can access using <Ctrl-H>
>  within which it is easy to clean history. If you mean something
>  else, you'll have to be more precise.
>
> >  Any temporary data in Linux is written to the swap
> >  partition and not the main partition where the files for Linux and its
> >  applications are stored.
>
>      This is not true. Some programs create temporary files, some
>  other do not, some of temporary data is stored in memory (and can
>  finish in swap) some on disk some in "tmpfs" (which is like a
>  ramdisk). It varies a lot.

Yes, some programs do, but still, does LINUX create temporary files? I am
not an expert, so I don't know.


>
>
> >  In place of the Registry are config files which are in plain text so
> >  if you need to edit them you can do so with a basic text editor like
> >  Kate, VIM (a powerful terminal text editor), or any other editor that
> >  supports plain text.
>
>      This is absolutely true.
>
>           Hope this helps,
>
>                      Loïc Grenié
>
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