Here is the problem, i tried to install phoenix os by this tutorial:   and so i created a 30gb .img in /phoenix folder later i decided to delete it, so i deleted the /phoenix folder by moving to trash can and then empty the trash can. The problem is that in Disks they say me that my Ubuntu partition has that 30gb in use. ¿How can i free this space? (sorry my bad english please)
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I know about the dangers of using root access so please forego the lectures. I try to be careful and will be doubly so from now on. I was using the file browser with root access in order to change some file permissions. During the process I deleted some files (I should say that I out them in the trash). Little did I know that the files would go to the trash as root and now I can't remove them because I don't have the permission to read them but I don't know how to access them to change the permissions because I don't know how to get into the trash as root. All I get is a message saying that:  This location could not be displayed. Sorry, could not display all the contents of trash:///: Operation not supported  I have searched around to try to find posts about it but I've only found outdated information about a hidden file in the root directory. That doesn't seem to apply any more so I'm stuck with a file in my trash that I can't remove and can't gain access to. I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 64bit on an ASUS x401a laptop.
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When I first installed Ubuntu (actually ElementaryOS) I didn't think that it would take up that much space, so I made the OS partition 15GB and /home 100GB. sda5 and sda6 are my Linux partitions.  Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x1b518505     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System /dev/sda1   *        2048      823295      410624    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda2          823296   410943487   205060096    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda3       410943488   738621439   163838976    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda4       738623486   976771071   119073793    5  Extended /dev/sda5       738623488   767918079    14647296   83  Linux /dev/sda6       767920128   976771071   104425472   83  Linux     The thing is, I don't actually have anything new installed on the OS now compared to when it was fresh. Just a browser and sublime text. Over time, installing system updates, the size just keeps on going up and up.    /usr/src has 2.2 GB of folders named linux-headers-X.XX.X-XX  /lib/modules has 3.9 GB of X.XX.X-XX-generic folders  Advice on what to do would be appreciated.   If I choose to increase the size of the 15GB partition, how do I do it? What are /usr/src and /lib/modules and how do I delete them safely?
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I plan on installing Ubuntu 19.04 and give it 100 GB of my 256 GB SSD space and leave the rest for Windows as I would primarily be using Ubuntu.     A. Now, as I plan to install a lot of applications in Ubuntu, should I give more space to the / partition than the home partition? (Or maybe even drop the /home altogether?).    B. I have another 128 GB SD card for files like photos, audio and video files. Please suggest me the optimal partitioning for the use case.    C. Also, I have 8 GB of RAM so what should be the optimal swap partition size?    D. How would the distribution be if I choose "install Ubuntu alongside Windows" option?
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I am wondering, when you select the option of just "Try Ubuntu" instead of installing, where does Ubuntu store the files that you download / copy / save?  I right click in the Home folder, and it specified I had 4GB free space. Where did it get this 4GB space from, and if I transition to another OS system, how can I access or delete all the previous data from the session of "Try Ubuntu"?  Thank you!
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I have Ubuntu 10.10 installed inside of Windows using . I am running out of space on my Ubuntu disk (currently  405.1 MB free). I have a 180 GB hard drive and when I installed Ubuntu I only allocated 10 GB to it.   How can I resize my disk to give Ubuntu some more space?
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Currently I'm running Ubuntu 14.10 and have quite a bit of free space on this disc:  thufir@doge:~$  thufir@doge:~$ sudo fdisk -l  Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x1f3b4b3e  Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type /dev/sda1       927944704 976771071  48826368 23.3G 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda2  *    732633088 927944703 195311616 93.1G 83 Linux  Partition table entries are not in disk order. thufir@doge:~$    What partition scheme would make sense for installing OpenSuSE onto the free space?  I'm not sure, as I go through the OpenSuSE install process, how I'd use sda1 as the swap.  What settings should I set for sda3 for OpenSuSE?  Make the mount point / and mark as bootable?  Not sure how do do that during the install process.
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Disk space on my root partition is running low, so I want to delete some applications from the system. How can I see which software packages use the most disk space? Is it possible to view that from aptitude?  I know about generic disk space analyzers like df or baobab, but I need solutions for installed applications.
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I have backups up everything, but I'm still uneasy about the process and would like confirmation. I'd rather do this one time correctly. I want to shrink /dev/sda6/ by 200GB and reallocate it to /dev/sda2. I boot a LiveCD and turn off LinuxSwap (locked otherwise). I've been reading that it is very hard to move &quot;left&quot; when partitioning and other AskUbuntu threads are confusing me. Do I need to resize /dev/sda6 by 200GB &quot;preceding&quot; (rather than &quot;following&quot;), and then resize /dev/sda4 by 200GB? A little guidance would ease my nerves of messing everything up. Thank you ahead of time.
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I am running out of disk space and noted that I have a large /var/cache directory. Can I safely remove this? (using Arch Linux, BTW).
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I installed Ubuntu with Windows. Before installing, I shrunk the space for Ubuntu. Now I have 3.7GB free in my Ubuntu home.That's not enough for me.  So I shrunk my NTFS partition, it's now unalocated. Then I selected ext4 (Ubuntu home) to resize.   But it is 4GB and GParted not allowed to resize more than 4GB. But my 1GB is unallocated.
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My laptop has Windows 7 home premium. OS is installed on C drive. The C drive has some 155 GB but currently only 1.17 GB is free. I deleted contents of my download folder and moved the contents from my desktop and my documents. this freed some 50 GB. but within minutes it was full again. ran disk cleanup and gained some 2 GB. i checked size of all the folders ignored large sized windows and program files and program files (x86). Was baffled when users folder said 110 GB. went to my user folder and selected all files n checked properties it showed under 5 GB. So if i check my user folders properties it says 110 GB but if i check properties of its content its under 5 GB. BTW I am not using any anti virus program. Do you guys have any idea whats going on. Is my laptop possessed or something? :P Please help me out.
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Why does the /usr/bin/x11 folder hold another x11 folder and when you open that x11 you get another x11 and then another and another?  I did it about 6 times and got frustrated so I have no idea how deep this goes but    What is the purpose (or is it a glitch?)? Is this eating disk space more than it should? (I was going to delete one or more but thought I better ask first )   I can see no reason why this should be happening at all.
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I have a 128gb MacBook Air running Lion. I am constantly having issues with disc space, but have no idea what is consuming it all. When I look at the disc utility break down, it says about 80% of the used space is taken up by 'Other' while the remaining 20% is photos, music and applications.  I've searched everywhere but have no idea what is using all this space. The biggest program I have on is Photoshop and perhaps XCode. I dont have any video files and I dont even tend to save .PSDs.  Would anyone know what could be taking up this space?  Thanks!
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I would like to have a list of the installed software on my machine, with the disk space consumed by them alongside. I would prefer to be able to order by largest/smallest, but that is not a necessity.  I am the sort of person who will install software to try it, and never clean up after myself.  As a result, my 7GB (Windows and my Data are on separate partitions, as well as a swap area) Ubuntu 11.04 partition is suffering, and has started regularly showing warning messages.
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I have a Laptop with 1TB hard disk space. I can allocate 100GB for Ubuntu. Currently there is only Windows 7 installed. I am new to Ubuntu &amp; am confused by terms like mount point, root partition, swap partition, etc. The doc over  gives some details, but I dont know what they mean. For installing Ubuntu I have shrunk 100GB from a drive &amp; now that space is unallocated. So what should I do now? In how many partitions should I divide that space &amp; what conventions should be followed. Should I do this in the Ubuntu installer or should I do all this before installing Ubuntu? Please I dont understand the terminologies used on that doc so please tell me in simple language. Thank You.
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After I installed Ubuntu, I  want to remove ubuntu as it has allocated 20gb space of my HDD While my PC boots i see a choice. i want to remove that choice and use debian only
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New Ubuntu user here... I have Ubuntu on my 250GB SSD and I have another 500GB on my laptop that Ubuntu can't find. I'm not sure where or how to start finding it.