Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

[Johnny Rosenberg]

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

> 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.


As I said, I am not an expert, but when you say "programs", what kind of
programs are you referring to? Everything that happens to be included in a
distribution (for example Emacs, OpenOffice.org, GIMP, Ardour, Inkscape and
VLC) or only those you absolutely need to be able to do or control something
(for example System watch, Synaptic and Networḱ configuration)?
Personally I don't consider Media Player and Internet Explorer as a part of
Windows, even though they are included with the operating system by default.
So if I am not happy with some behaviour of a certain program I will look
for an alternative and/or let the developers know what my opinions are. For
example (lots of examples here…), when I found that Nautilus, after being
updated, suddenly started to add "Link to " to link names when creating a
link by using the mouse, I filed a bug report about it (actually I didn't,
because there already was one, but I added my comments and workarounds to
it) and I looked for another program. Unfortunately I didn't found one that
I liked, but at least I tried.

>
>
>  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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