Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2008/11/28 Loïc Grenié <loic.grenie at gmail.com>

> 2008/11/27 Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum at gmail.com>:
> > 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>
> >>>>     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?
>
>     All what you can find in the distribution.
>
> > 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.
>
>      I understand your point and partially agree. This is a touch call,
> though:
>  synaptic, system watch (what is it ? swatch ?)

Sorry, just a bad translation, I guess. I have the Swedish language packs
installed. It's "systemövervakaren" in Swedish. It can be started from the
terminal with the command gnome-system-monitor, so I guess "system monitor"
was what I meant.
I just tried to start it from a virtual terminal and this happened:
$ gnome-system-monitor
** (gnome-system-monitor:8145): WARNING **: SELinux was found but is not
enabled.
$
(and then the program was started)
What is SELinux , why do I need it and how do I enable it?
Maybe I should write a new thread about that, on the other hand.


J.R.

> and network configuration
>  are not necessary to control anything. There are less colorfull
> alternatives
>  that do the job as well (apt-*/dpkg, vi/more/less and vi/dhcp
> respectively).
>  You choose to include them in your definition of "Operating System" but
> that's
>  your choice.
>
>   My definition is easier: Linux=kernel,
> Ubuntu=distributionGNU/Linux=everything
>  To the original point: the kernel does not create temporary files,
> the programs
>  in the rest of the distribution (sometimes) do.
>
>    Media Player and IE are part of the "Windows Distribution" but not part
>  of the "Windows Kernel". Media Player can be substituted but IE can
>  only to a certain point (that's Microsoft way of fighting antitrust).
>
> > 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.
>
>      Cool ! Try KDE if you have not already.
>
>           Loïc
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