Switchblog switched to the Mac and why it matters

Cache-ing in

(or Linux commands for newbies, a continuing saga…)

Apparently, the past Xubuntu problems I’ve had, had something to do with the cache. I was experiencing a similar problem again (where Compiz-fusion wasn’t loading) and remembered the cache. So I issued the command:

mv ~/.cache ~/.cache.old

restarted, and all is well.

Now I’m tempted to always issue that command, “just in case.” It reminds me of OS X’s Repair Disk Permissions, which I also run just in case.

Joel, what you can do is a cron entry to delete the cache every so often. Or you can add it to your bash profile so it can be removed everytime you login.