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Persistence Size - LL3 on 8G USB drive - Ironfighter - 12-20-2016
I have just successfully installed LL3 on an 8G stick using Linux Live USB creator on a Windows 8 e540 ThinkPad with 16G of Ram. I am very impressed with this distro so far having used Puppy Linux in the past which I also think is a great - but for me as a Linux novice Linux Lite seems far easier to use. My questions are:
1. How much drive space does the initial install use?
2. How can I tell how much space I have available for installing additional packages?
3. How can I tell how much space I have available for packages and "saved" files like text documents and spreadsheets etc.
As an aside I love that desktop and the fonts - a thing of beauty.
Re: Persistence Size - LL3 on 8G USB drive - torreydale - 12-21-2016
Initial install is under 6GB.
There is a disk usage utility in Lite Tweaks. Search for Lite Tweaks from the Menu.
Re: Persistence Size - LL3 on 8G USB drive - Ironfighter - 12-22-2016
Thank you torreydale - I will explore. Couldn't resist the temptation to install on. 32 G drive so I will have a play with the Lite Tweaks usage utility.
Re: Persistence Size - LL3 on 8G USB drive - Ironfighter - 12-22-2016
I have installed Dropbox, Spotify, Kodi, LibreCad, the restricted codecs, and the Web Cam application. I used the Lite Tweak accessory to establish how the memory on a 32G stick with 4G persistent memory. I must admit I am surprised that It's indicating that I still have 25G of memory available - can this be correct??
Re: Persistence Size - LL3 on 8G USB drive - torreydale - 12-22-2016
Yes, I believe it is correct. You could use the other features of Lite Tweaks (like Autoremove Packages and the other ones marked "Safe") to clear up even more storage.
Re: Persistence Size - LL3 on 8G USB drive - Ironfighter - 12-26-2016
I will have a clean up as you suggested. All I have to do is set up my printer now and I will have a fully functional system - but that's a topic for another thread.
Thanks again torreydale. Solved.