Powerbook G4 Maintenance Question

I recently purchased a used powerbook titanium G4 and i'm fairly new to Apple Powerbooks is there any maintenance i need to run? and how do i check how much disk space i have free? i'm on the Leopard operating system.

is there any maintenance i need to run?
No.
and how do i check how much disk space i have free?
Open a Finder window, display any item on the hard disk in it, and look at the bottom of the window.
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