Root directory filling up...

[Kiffin Gish]

I recently decided to dump windows and take a much deserved breather with
FreeBSD. So I installed 5.3 and was in for a real treat!

However, I created a /-directory with 4G and installed the complete ports
stuff from the CD. Now my root directory is almost filled up (after I
installed all the Gnome Desktop stuff).

I always do a make clean. Is there an easier way to only keep the ports
stuff that is 'really' required?

I noticed that there are tons of tarballs etc. in the /usr/ports/distfiles
directory. Is it safe to delete all of these?

Are there any other suggestions to keep my root directory from filling up?

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Kiffin Rex Gish
Gouda, The Netherlands