Erase cache, clean registry in Linux
Loïc Grenié
loic.grenie at gmail.com
Tue Nov 25 20:27:33 UTC 2008
2008/11/25 Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum at gmail.com>:
> 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.
It really depends on what you call Linux
- Linux = the kernel does not create temporary files
- GNU/Linux or whatever Linux distribution contains lots of
programs that create temporary files.
Most people understand Linux as the whole operating system,
some (more knowledgeable) use Linux as the kernel. I though
Michael Haney meant Linux as "the distribution" and that's
why I've written "what you *probably* mean".
>> 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.
As above: Linux the kernel no, GNU/Linux the operating system yes.
Loïc
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