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[xubuntu] (wifi solved) Now I am Out Of Disk Space!!

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Sigh, Following a Heroic effort here, my wifi problem has been SOLVED. But, I celebrated too soon as I now seem to be Out Of Disk Space. How can that be on a fresh install of Xubuntu? I installed Xubuntu because I thought it was a small footprint version of Linux that would still work on this laptop which only has a 20Gb HDD. Now, at the end of a long wifi troubleshooting exercise, I find myself with 0 Free Space and the 18.4Gb used up. For simplicity I did not dual partition this thing (as that has left me struggling for space in the past too.) This is a fresh install of (Hardware)

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