Hi everyone. I've just recently DELVED into the Linux world a bit here. I received a free Pentium IV 2.8GHz computer with no hard drive. I installed a 10GB HD in it and now have Ubuntu 8.04LTS installed.

Ah, I think I just now found the answer, or at least one way to see how much free space in on the HD. I opened System Monitor, under System | Administration, and selected the System tab. It shows 5.3GB free.

I still wonder whether there are other ways. Is there something equivalent to viewing My Computer in Windows XP, which shows all drives?

Well, maybe I was too hasty in posting this topic. I just selected the File Systems tab in System Monitor and see that it shows more detail regarding drive space; it shows total space of 8.8GB (that seems LESS than it should be - this is a 10GB HD), 5.7GB free, 5.3GB available, 3.1GB USED, and 36% used.

Regarding the apparent discrepancy between 10GB and 8.8GB, the 10GB may be unformatted capacity, and I believe the installation of Ubuntu created a SEPARATE swap partition, which does not appear in the System Monitor screens.If you select to let ubuntu do automatic partitioning that may be the case.If you were still wondering the command to CHECK free space it's "df".