[ale] cleaning out /tmp

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On Mon 2007-09-03 16:26:08 -0400, Brian Pitts wrote:

> A note to GNOME users: don't try this. Due to the way programs like
> Nautilus handle temporary files, you'll quickly run out of memory and
> swap space when you try to, for example, burn a DVD.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/18661

ah, thanks, Brian.  i'm not a GNOME user, i don't burn DVDs, and i
hadn't seen that behavior :/ 

Interesting discussion on that bug, btw.

            --dkg
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