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to: Chris Robinson
from: Brian Hall
date: 2003-03-03 16:55:06
subject: Re: Impressions Of Linux From a Newbie (me!) - part 4

From: Brian Hall 

Chris Robinson wrote:

> - Disk Space:
> I'd've thought that checking free space on a hard drive would be a
> simple task but this requires a small program (which took me a while to
> find) to
> check.  I'm guessing that this is because of the way the Linux
> filesystem is arranged (i.e. you can't right-click a "drive"
and select
> properties as everything is mounted in folders).

Start Konqueror. Right click on a directory for the drive you want to check
and then click properties. It gives the free space / total space.

Brian

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