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#21

Hi :slight_smile:
Errr, i think the paging file = pagefile.sys?  Probably changed name in Vista and Win7.  The pagefile.sys used to be the name of the Windows virtual memory.

The registry is something completely different that MS kept trying to get rid of but couldn't in order to retain backwards compatibility with older programs that may need to be installed on newer systems.

Gnu&Linux routinely throws out garbage once it has stopped being useful.  Occasionally that means upgrading a few sub-packages in order to keep a few main programs working but then everything is OpenSource so it's reasonably easy for people to go in and do that without necessarily having to contact the organisation that owns the copyright.  Often a few changes to one sub-package will fix it for all programs.

Consequentaly Gnu&Linux has managed to retain greater backwards compatibility with both hardware and software as it works on smaller and lighter systems while Windows programs, drivers and other packages have often needed complete re-writes due to trivial issues.

I really hope there hasn't been a post about security or antivirus in the last few days!!  Lol
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#22

Igor at Dedoimedo.com had post (http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-cleaning.html) about the need for using cleaning tools in Linux. His opinion is their use is not as critical as similar tools are for Windows, in fact he believes they are not that valuable for many users. Many of these tools are available in various repositories so you do not need to look for them.

Most browsers can be set to automatically clean their caches and limit how much information is stored.

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