Hi Clive,

> > Left to its own devices, Flatpak doesn't delete some of the files it
> > has used in the past in case they're needed again.  Ask it to get
> > rid of those explicitly with
> >
> >      flatpak uninstall --unused
> >
> > and see if that helps.
>
> Ran that command and it came back with question to remove y/n Chose
> 'n' in case it was not right.  programs list were;
>
>     all started with  'org.freedesktop.Platform.'
>   followed by:
>         .GL.default/x86_64/20.08
>         .VARPI.Intel/x86_64/18.08
>         .html5-codecs/x86_64/18.08
>         ./x86_64/18.08
>         .Local/x86_64/18.08
>         .Sdk/x86_64/18.08local
>         .Sdk.Local/x86_64/18.08
>
> 7 files to remove - should I?

I would.  That command is explicitly to remove things it thinks are
unused.  Flatpak downloads and tracks multiple versions of those files
and different programs need different ones.  At the moment, nothing
needs the seven it listed.

> Would these account for the request for my password while 
> in Lily /Home folder?

No, I don't have a suggestion on that.

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.

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