kubuntu and ubuntu sizes

[fleamailman]

Someone is asking me how much space does ubuntu take up when first installed and is that bigger or smaller than kubuntu

[dibl]

Re: kubuntu and ubuntu sizes

My experience with one each of Feisty Kubuntu and Ubuntu is they first install at 3.x GB, and then when you start installing packages they can grow past 4GB and close to 5GB. If you periodically clean up the unused residuals from package installations, it seems that you can keep it down toward the 3.5 - 4GB size. So I have been recommending 7 GB for the root partition -- I assume that is the underlying question. You could probably get by with 6GB, but Linux doesn't like full filesystems ....

I don't see a noticeable difference in size between Kubuntu and Ubuntu.

[fleamailman]

Re: kubuntu and ubuntu sizes

I was way out on my advise since I thought it was about 2gb, btw how do I tell how full my hard is in kubuntu, my machine is only 6gb but it seems to be running fine on festy

[mchuskie]

Re: kubuntu and ubuntu sizes

In a terminal window:

df -h

will list all your partitions and how full they are.

[fleamailman]

Re: kubuntu and ubuntu sizes

thanks, it is very clear when doing it that way, just to learn more is there also a gui way too because I bet I forget the code tomorrow

[myNigga]

Re: kubuntu and ubuntu sizes

Plus 1GB or more when upgrading to a new version.

[Rog131]

Re: kubuntu and ubuntu sizes

is there also a gui way

Here are few:

Filelight (it is in the repositories)
http://www.methylblue.com/filelight/

It is like a pie-chart, but the segments nest, allowing you to see not only which directories take up all your space, but which directories and files inside those directories are the real culprits.

xdiskusage

xdiskusage is a user-friendly program to show you what is using up
all your disk space. It is based on the design of the "xdu" program
written by Phillip C. Dykstra. Changes have been made so it runs "du"
for you, and can display the free space left on the disk, and produce
a PostScript version of the display.

KDirStat

KDirStat (KDE Directory Statistics) is a small utility program that sums up
disk usage for direcory trees, very much like the Unix 'du' command. It
displays the disk space used up by a directory tree, both numerically and
graphically.

[dibl]

Re: kubuntu and ubuntu sizes

just to learn more is there also a gui way too

In addition to Filelight, if you go into System Settings, somewhere there is an ability to "show media icons" (perhaps in desktop appearances?). If you do that, so your partitions show on your desktop as icons, then all you have to do is right-click on one and choose "Properties", and it will show you the status.

[fleamailman]

Re: kubuntu and ubuntu sizes

thanks everyone, I am really happy with this sytem

fleamailman@fleamailman-laptop:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 5.3G 2.3G 2.8G 45% /