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How To Check Disk Space Usage on Ubuntu

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This post highlights few of the simple steps to check the usage of the disk space in your Ubuntu operating system. I have explained here using the terminal window and the user interface application for the more clarity. Lets open the terminal window and type the following command.

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$ df -h
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If you type the above command in the terminal, you would see the below screenshot with the disk space details. Here “-h” means the human readable format.

Ubuntu Disk Space

If you want to see more details with the user interface tool, then type the following command in the terminal window:

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$ baobab
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When you type the above command, you would see the tool opened with the details of the free disk space. You just need to type the above command, there is no need for installing the tools. This feature is built-in with the Ubuntu operating system.

baobab

Also you can check the details of the disk space for any specific locations like home directory, file system, or folder by selecting the options listed on top of the window. Here is a sample for checking the space of file system.

baobab file system

Linux Thin Client Networks Design and Deployment

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About the Author

David Richards is a System Administrator for the City of Largo, Florida. He has been exposed to computer technologies since the day he got his first home computer in the early 1980s. After graduating from college in 1986, he was employed in the manufacturing, distributing, and printing industries. 1992 was the first year that he entered the City’s employment and has been working with Unix, Linux, and thin clients. He promotes thin clients and open source technology, and enjoys the challenges in their deployment. He is often found in the GNOME IRC channels debugging software and interacting with the developers.

What This Book Covers?

Chapter 1: Overview of Thin Clients will give you an overview of what exactly is a thin client, and the different types of models that are available.

Chapter 2: The Types of Thin Clients will give you a sample of multiple types of thin clients. Once you have configured your server, you will have to make decisions about which types of hardware to deploy.

Chapter 3: An Analysis of Costs will identify key areas to review when considering the financial
impact of your thin client plan. This includes hardware acquisition and also staffing costs.

Chapter 4: The People Issues will address what might be the hardest part of your deployment:
People. Some people are passionate about their software and others are challenged with any work flow changes. It’s important to address them as much as possible before, during and after deployment.

Chapter 5: Considering the Network will review the network required to run thin clients. Because
of the simplicity of the computing deployment, your network too is simplified.

Chapter 6: Implementing the Server will cover the steps necessary to design a server for the
number of users in your deployment. Also covered will be steps to allow thin clients to log into and run a desktop environment.

Chapter 7: Implementing the User Software will provide ideas for software packages that run on
Linux, along with their suitability to run over the network to thin clients.

Chapter 8: Implementing the Thin Clients reviews the process of considering the operating system
to deploy on the devices. Also covered is the interaction with USB devices and speakers.

Chapter 9: Support covers three aspects of support. The first is supporting your users, the second is support within your IT staff and the third is support from software vendors.