2008/11/25 Loïc Grenié <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:loic.grenie@gmail.com">loic.grenie@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
2008/11/25, Michael Haney <<a href="mailto:thezorch@gmail.com">thezorch@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Manuel Gomez <<a href="mailto:mgdpz1@gmail.com">mgdpz1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Hi, i would like to know a tool or software to erase the cache, clean<br>
>> the registry...<br>
>><br>
>> Somebody could help me?<br>
> ><br>
> > Thank you very much, I appreciate your help.<br>
>><br>
><br>
><br>
> That's the Windows way of thinking.<br>
<br>
</div> Indeed... but<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> For one, Linux doesn't create temp files like Windows does<br>
<br>
</div> What you mean is probably false. Lots of programs under<br>
Linux create temporary files, for instance Firefox (and other<br>
browsers) save a copy of the pages in its disk cache (situated<br>
in ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/Cache for Firefox).</blockquote><div></div><div>Yes, Firefox does, Linux doesn't. </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
How you clean<br>
the cache depends very much on the program; however you<br>
probably mean "Firefox' cache" so that you can<br>
<br>
click on Edit -> Preferences<br>
in the "Advanced" tab click "Empty cache"<br>
<br>
If you want to empty the cache of another program, you'll<br>
have to specify which one !<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> and secondly Linux doesn't have a Registry.<br>
<br>
</div> 100% true but gnome has a configuration database which<br>
looks a lot like registry.<br>
<br>
If by "clear registry" you mean remove Firefox history, you<br>
have a "history bar" that you can access using <Ctrl-H><br>
within which it is easy to clean history. If you mean something<br>
else, you'll have to be more precise.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> Any temporary data in Linux is written to the swap<br>
> partition and not the main partition where the files for Linux and its<br>
> applications are stored.<br>
<br>
</div> This is not true. Some programs create temporary files, some<br>
other do not, some of temporary data is stored in memory (and can<br>
finish in swap) some on disk some in "tmpfs" (which is like a<br>
ramdisk). It varies a lot.</blockquote><div></div><div>Yes, some programs do, but still, does LINUX create temporary files? I am not an expert, so I don't know.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> In place of the Registry are config files which are in plain text so<br>
> if you need to edit them you can do so with a basic text editor like<br>
> Kate, VIM (a powerful terminal text editor), or any other editor that<br>
> supports plain text.<br>
<br>
</div> This is absolutely true.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps,<br>
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Loïc Grenié<br>
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