> On Monday 19 March 2018 13:55:28 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> > Am Montag, 19. März 2018 schrieb William Morder:
> > > On Monday 19 March 2018 13:06:55 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> > > > Am Montag, 19. März 2018 schrieb William Morder:
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > About a month ago, I had something like 2.2 gb free in my / (sda1)
> > > > > partition; then it went down to 1.5, then to 1 gb, then to 800 mb,
> > > > > 600, 400, 200, and now I am at about 165 mb, and sometimes it goes
> > > > > down to 0. In all this time, I haven't installed anything new, or
> > > > > done anything different.
> > > >
> > > > I would suggest you make a clean installation.
> > > >
> > > > nik
> > >
> > > And I do intend to reinstall, and make the change to Devuan. But I did a
> > > reinstallation before when I had this same problem, and it keeps coming
> > > back. So I would like to resolve this issue before I move on to a Devuan
> > > installation.
> >
> > The last guy I had seen with a simillar problem of "vanishing free space"
> > was a human rights activist. He got a "lawful" trojan that took 
screenshots
> > about every second and stored them in a "hidden" folder.
> >
> > Nik
> 
> Yeah, I've been worried about something like that for years now. That's why 
I 
> moved to SF from the Midwest. I've been working on a project that it seems 
> certain people "out there" don't like. And also among my friends I keep too 
> many friends of dark complexion, foreign origin, or the wrong religion. 
> 
> These days, one can't be "too paranoid"; and I expect the Thought Police to 
> kick in my door at any moment. If that happens, it just proves that they are 
> more paranoid than I am. I mostly read ancient literature, and spend my life 
> deep in the past. 
> 
> Oh well, you can't please everybody! 
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
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Try clearing all tmp directories, as well as FF/SM and other browser caches.
Anything temporary, dump it. Then go to tdecontrol and set it to clear tmp.
Do the same for root, if you use it alot.

Kate