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redd, 1 year ago to electronics in PSA: Buy some LED Christmas lights today

Shops are still closed in Germany today. Let’s see tomorrow. Nevertheless thanks for this hint.

redd, 1 year ago to linux in Linux Mint vs... Linux Mint (Debian Edition) | Veronica Explains

1. Easier installation.
2. Mint configuration of desktop settings
3. Mint tools (Warpinator, Hypnotix)

redd, 1 year ago to linux in Flatpack, appimage, snaps..

But where to get the AppImages from? Who’s maintaining? How to do Security Vulnerality Tracking for them?

redd, 1 year ago to electronics in Privacy friendly ESP32 smart doorbell with Home Assistant local integration

Not everybody has an 3d printer… Any is the printed plastic UV resistant to be mounted outside for several years?

redd, 1 year ago to linux in Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack

Don’t panic!

redd, 1 year ago to linux in Reminder to clear your ~/.cache folder every now and then

I don’t get your point. Why should somebody do this every day?

As the experience from other users in this thread, it seems not extremely rare to have an overgrown ~/.cache/ folder. So checking it from time to time is a good advice. If we all do this for a time, and create bug tickets for software which is not cleaning up. Then this problem will hopefully go away with future software releases.

redd, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to linux in Reminder to clear your ~/.cache folder every now and then

Because some users experienced accidential grows like OP had 160 Gbyte. So general advice for linux users can be stated as: Check your ~/.cache every now and then

Critical systems/servers shall better be monitored as you suggest.

redd, 1 year ago to linux in Reminder to clear your ~/.cache folder every now and then

not necessarily during runtime

redd, 1 year ago to linux in Reminder to clear your ~/.cache folder every now and then

So OP’s headline should be saying instead: Reminder to CHECK your ~/.cache folder every now and then

redd, 1 year ago to linux in Reminder to clear your ~/.cache folder every now and then

I always felt that there should be some user directory like /tmp/ which will be wiped regularly.

redd, 1 year ago to linux in Reminder to clear your ~/.cache folder every now and then

Is it safe to clear ~/.cache/mozilla/ while Firefox is running?

redd, 1 year ago to linux in Linux DNS settings is a total mess

That doesn’t help outside of home. When we are in an untrusted network then the DNS mess makes us vulnerable for spoofing attacks.