On Fri 04 Jan 2019 at 16:52:45 (+0000), Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On sex, 04 jan 2019, steve wrote: > > > where useful in that they convinced me that reinstalling the > > > OS is the simplest remedy for the problems. > > > > You're welcome. But this last sentence is pretty sad because normally, > > issues like yours do not require windows-style operation. For your info, > > I have not reinstalled my Debian system for the last 15 years. > > Reinstalling is a solution but what if in ten days the same issue arises > > again? You'll ask the same questions and won't have learned much… > > > > One of the power of GNU/Linux is that you can learn and fix problems. > > I agree. > > And in this case, the problem is easy to solve: > rm /path/to/some/large/files/*
Wrong again. The free space on /home is sufficient to hold 10 copies of the entire / filesystem. And you presuppose that these large files exist, for which the OP has currently shown no evidence. Cheers, David.