Ubuntu Linux -how do I check drives ?

mro

I installed Ubuntu Linux on laptop.

How I check Drives/Partitions available, space available etc. like in Windows Explorer ?

I can see following.

marty2be2000

Maybe I am old school, but I would simply open a terminal session and then type:

df -kl

Terminal is like windows command prompt. Remember the commands are case sensitive so enter as all lower case. df will give you a text rendition of mounted local partitions and their usage.

debitcardmayhem

marty2be2000 wrote: »

Maybe I am old school, but I would simply open a terminal session and then type:

df -kl

Terminal is like windows command prompt. Remember the commands are case sensitive so enter as all lower case. df will give you a text rendition of mounted local partitions and their usage.

Me too, however if you right click on a folder then select properties then you will see more info for the folder, but note the total free space is for the underlying partition (much like windows does)

In a terminal as above you can see more for each folder by using command line commands

e.g. in the terminal you will normally be in your "home" folder
thus enter this
du -s * | sort -n
you will get something like this

244    mo.pdf
248    fred
1216    contract2.pdf
2884    contract1.pdf
3444    picss-2.jpg
3496    Ice Cream Maker.pdf
3744    picss-1.jpg
15108    godmode.pdf

issuing df gives something like this

Filesystem     1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs         4006476         0   4006476   0% /dev
tmpfs            4018668     49784   3968884   2% /dev/shm
tmpfs            4018668      1828   4016840   1% /run
tmpfs            4018668         0   4018668   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sdb5       47346452  22681156  22237188  51% /
tmpfs            4018668      3112   4015556   1% /tmp
/dev/sdb2          98304     34422     63882  36% /boot/efi
/dev/sda3      603710160 207959964 365013812  37% /home
tmpfs             803732        16    803716   1% /run/user/42
tmpfs             803732        48    803684   1% /run/user/1000
/dev/mmcblk0p1  62351356  10024876  52326480  17% /run/media/rob/2AAFE8604AEF1252

Windows is OK but using powershell or cmd you can do much more, the same is true for linux.

Don't be put off by the fact that ubuntu is not like Windows , there is much to learn if you wish to explore , but the folks on here can help. I prefer fedora but it's not for the novice:cool:

DCFC79

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

I prefer fedora but it's not for the novice:cool:

Can I just interject, you say Fedora isnt for the novice, which 1 would you say is for for the novice ?

debitcardmayhem

DCFC79 wrote: »

Can I just interject, you say Fedora isnt for the novice, which 1 would you say is for for the novice ?

Perhaps mint or zorin, but to be honest learning some command line stuff and be prepared for a learning curve. However I wouldn't suggest Windows for a novice either even tablets/phones have a getting used to them period. Perhaps I was hasty in saying fedora not for the novice , any "new to you" tech has to be learnt.

AllTheseUserNamesAreTaken

Go to the start menu and type in 'disks'. There should be a program in there called 'Disks' that will show you what disks and partitions are set up.

System

There's no need to use the command line as much as there used to be. The only time I have to resort to the command line is to fix one of the many issues a Linux distro can have. Pretty much everything is easier and quicker to do in a GUI.

esuhl

Tarambor wrote: »

There's no need to use the command line as much as there used to be. The only time I have to resort to the command line is to fix one of the many issues a Linux distro can have. Pretty much everything is easier and quicker to do in a GUI.

Rubbish -- there are so many things that are easier to do in a command prompt. A lot of GNU/Linux apps don't even have a GUI.

S0litaire

*tip*
use 'df -h' (the -h means "human readable" so it sticks from bytes into Mb/Gb/Tb as applicable:

bill@Giga:~$ df -h
Filesystem         Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev               4.9G     0  4.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs              995M   48M  947M   5% /run
/dev/sda2           55G   28G   25G  54% /
tmpfs              4.9G   36M  4.9G   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs              5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
tmpfs              4.9G     0  4.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda1          511M  4.6M  507M   1% /boot/efi
/dev/sdb1          1.8T  844G  893G  49% /home
/dev/sdc           2.7T  1.9T  670G  75% /home/bill/V1/Plex

mro

AllTheseUserNamesAreTaken wrote: »

Go to the start menu and type in 'disks'. There should be a program in there called 'Disks' that will show you what disks and partitions are set up.

Yes, I found that.

I wanted to check if there was hidden partitions/partitioned/unformatted space as I deleted partitions and merged long time ago, then installed Ubuntu. There were 3 partitions before (199MB, 76GB, 520GB). Wasn't sure how this had worked out.

mro

Also found Disk Usage Analyser.