A silly question..

[timonoj]

How do i get to know the free disk space? That's either for linux or non-linux partitions...I feel a little bit fool asking for this...

[Fenyx]

Re: A silly question..

Don't feel silly. It's a perfectly normal and valid question.

The answers:
- If you're the command-line type of fellow, you can check for free disk space using

df -h

Take note that this only scans mounted partitions

- there are GUI options available. My favorite is Filelight, which gives you a sort of pie chart representation of disk usage. But it's more comprehensive than the simple pie chart that Windows uses. Filelight can be found in the universe repository.
- another GUI option is kdf or KDiskFree. It's what MEPIS uses to not only show free/used disk space, but also to mount/unmount some partitions (those that don't require root privileges).

hope that helps

[timonoj]

Re: A silly question..

Ok, thanks a lot! None of them are integrated into konqueror, are they?

[Fenyx]

Re: A silly question..

Unfortunately, AFAIK, no.

[actinic]

Re: A silly question..

Gkrellm or some of the Superkaramba plug-in's provide info such as this. I'm sure there's numerous others.

[aysiu]

Re: A silly question..

Ok, thanks a lot! None of them are integrated into konqueror, are they?

You can check the free space in Konqueror. Just right-click on some empty space and select Properties.

[Patrick]

Re: A silly question..

Or put media:/ into the address bar.

[aysiu]

Re: A silly question..

Or put media:/ into the address bar.

Doesn't that tell you only how much space is on each drive--not how much free space there is?

[Fenyx]

Re: A silly question..

Wow! I can't believe I actually missed that part! thanks again aysiu!