MadBuntu

Baobab is a handy little utility that I have really come to like.  Baobab provides an easy to visualize layout of the used space on your hard disk.  Although this doesn’t sound that useful, I find myself using it all the time to see where I have recoverable disk space.

If your using Gnome, Baobab is listed as Disk Usage Analyzer under Applications->Accessories.  My KDE 4.1 installation did not have it on the menu, but it can be added via Kmenuedit or run from the command line with the command:

sean@redstar:~$ /usr/bin/baobab &

Baobab is a Gnome application, so if you run it under a different window manager you will need to to have the gnome libraries installed.

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