I was installing some packages in Synaptic and noticed a folder named /root/Desktop
which had 3.7 GB in temp files, being short on space I thought of deleting the files, but feared damaging my system!
File names are:
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I just moved from Xubuntu to Cinammon and from there to Gnome, so I am guessing these files are interface-related.
Please tell me if they are safe to delete or not?
No one can absolutely, positively tell you this is 100% safe!
It is very likely to be safe (99% certainty), therefore:
Now use the system for a while and see if you have no adverse effects.
If anything goes wrong: Restore the back-up! (or rename the files back to what they were)
You are taking back-ups are you???