If you're thinking of doing away with /usr - don't. At least /usr/lib/ will make sure you regret it. /usr/local is expendable if you dont have any software installed in it. /usr/share has icons, fonts, and a whole lot of other things that you need. /usr/bin and /usr/sbin are essential too.
Just a thought! __ Carthik. On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Srihari k <harisult...@gmail.com> wrote: > @narendra > interesting experiment.. > *Rename your /usr* and give it a try. > I am going to do that once i get to my computer. > > > > On 25/05/2010, Ramnarayan.K <ramnaraya...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Mehul Ved <mehul.n....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnaraya...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Excuse me please the following is my /usr >>>> >>>> /usr - 9.2 GB >>>> /usr/Share - 5.6 GB (of which icons only are 1.9 GB) >>>> /usr/lib - 2.5 GB >>>> /usr/src - 601 MB >>> >>> This is how my ubuntu's /usr looks like >>> >>> $ du --si --max-depth=1 /usr >>> 247M /usr/src >>> 2.4G /usr/lib >>> 13k /usr/lib32 >>> 239M /usr/local >>> 400M /usr/bin >>> 23M /usr/include >>> 881k /usr/i486-linux-gnu >>> 1.9M /usr/games >>> 40M /usr/sbin >>> 4.1G /usr/share >>> 95k /usr/lib64 >>> 7.3G /usr >> >> ** >> thanks so am not too bad ;-) but need to investigate why icons is 1.9 GB >> hmmm >> >> also thanks for the command will use that now and this is what it >> looks like again >> -$ du --si --max-depth=1 /usr >> 463M /usr/bin >> 48M /usr/include >> 152k /usr/X11R6 >> 1.6M /usr/local >> 2.7G /usr/lib >> 95k /usr/lib64 >> 6.1G /usr/share >> 637M /usr/src >> 13k /usr/man >> 37M /usr/sbin >> 3.9M /usr/games >> 10G /usr >> >> >> ram >> >> -- >> ubuntu-in mailing list >> ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in >> > > > -- > Srihari K > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
