I think he means "popup" as in a web browser window, not from a running program.
It has been my experiance that programs only 'remember' things that are going to be useful to you, and that data is certainly not going to be available to the world unless they hack into your computer. Normally, programs will keep all of their settings in hidden directories (anything with a period in front of the name;
e.g.: .mozilla) under your home (/home/{your_username}) directory, and temporary files in the /tmp directory.
If there is a specific program that you are concerned about (a web browser would probably be the best example), then you could check its documentation to see where it keeps its settings. However, the program should honor your request to clear the history, cache,
etc. from within the program, so it is probably best not to go around messing
with your user profile files directly.
For example, Firefox should keep its stuff in ~/.mozilla/firefox/ (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder#Firefox)
In general though, I wouldn't worry about these files too much. The only time I find it necessary to mess with them is if a certain program is behaving badly because of a poor setting; deleting (after backing up!) the settings for the program ususally clears things right up!
Regards,
Matt
On 11/7/06, Dazed_75 <lthielster@gmail.com> wrote:
They will happily sell you an ocean front lot in Tempe as well.
On 11/7/06, Josef Lowder <
joe@actionline.com> wrote:
.
While I don't have any files or links on my computer that need to
be hid from anyone's view, when I recently got the "popup" message
shown below (one that Firefox failed to block), it made me wonder
where all there might be files and/or "cookies" and/or other such
stuff hidden on a Linux computer that might be good to clear out
periodically.
Here's the pop-up message I received:
From: http://www.drivecleaner.com
> Your computer tracked all of your actions and stored the evidence
> on your hard drive. Anyone could see where you had been on the
> Internet, the images you had looked at, the sites you opened, the
> movie you had viewed, etc. We recommend to download DriveCleaner
> to erase all evidence you have on your PC.
Other than clearing cache and trash, etc. where else are duplicate,
redundant, and/or copies of other needless, space-wasting files stored
on a Linux system that a "drivecleaner" program like this might remove?
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