[solved] cleanup the ~/.thumbnail

hi to all
with big surprise, today i discover that folder is full of .png thumbnail: about 400MB
so , i have delete all files BUT this isn't a good solution.....
a good idea instead could be to move this folder to RAM, in /dev/shm, how can i do that ???
thanks
Last edited by nTia89 (2010-10-23 20:41:10)

do you use gwenview? if so, i'd guess that it's responsible for generating a large percentage of your thumbnails.
fortunately, it has this option: Settings / Configure Gwenview / Advanced -> "Delete thumbnail cache folder on exit"
also, if you're a gnome user, i think there are global options for controlling the cache size.

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