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["Sergey \"Shnatsel\" Davidoff" <sergey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, where do we place system maintenance utilities? It very well would be
one, especially if added an ability to clean up unused files.

2012/9/15 Harvey Cabaguio <harveycabaguio@xxxxxxxxx>

> Well IMO those are not system settings so I don't think it would make
> sense in switchboard.
> On Sep 14, 2012 4:59 PM, "Dane Henson" <dane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I am sorry if this has been mentioned or proposed before, but I had an
>> idea for a switchboard plug and I wanted to run it past you.
>>
>> I would love to see a plug that shows an overview of "disk usage" in the
>> style of the Usage section in the mockup seen here:
>>
>> http://elementary-art.deviantart.com/gallery/35710915#/d4yx34p
>>
>> I don't think it needs the granularity of filetype, but I think at least
>> for the filesystem, it could show "system files" and "personal files".
>>
>> I envision a switchboard plug with a selectable list of attached drives
>> to the left, and the info of the selected drive on the right.
>>
>> What I don't want to do is create a redundant plug, or even make this a
>> plug if it doesn't belong in the switchboard.  This would be a tool that
>> could be useful for the average user when they just need to see a quick
>> overview of how big their disk is, and how much space they have left.  I
>> find myself wanting a graphical display of disk usage fairly often,
>> especially on some of the frankenstein computers I have laying around with
>> only 20-40GB hard drives.  If the average user doesn't know how to run 'df
>> -h', it might be nice to have a native informational tool like this.
>>
>> Please let me know if it would make sense.  I know this can't happen
>> until Luna+1 or later, but I had to write it down before I forgot about it.
>>
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Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff
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