Folders and use of older versions

Since I have start on Second Life as a Linux user, I have download 9 alpha versions of the program. As a result, I now have 9 folders with the software in them. Question: Can I delete all but the latest folder without damage to the operation of the current version? I would like to reclaim the disk space.

As an aside, I am one of the people that the current version is crashing. Why can't the system allow us to use the most recent working version when the current version crashes? I would like to get on line, but can't since the current version crashes on my Xandros system and Second Life refuses to let me log into the system with the older version?

Yes, it is safe to delete those directories. All of SL's configuration, cache and log data is stored (by default) in ~/.secondlife/, so nothing critical is lost.

The screenshots you made are still saved in the installation dir, aren't they?

Here's a short python snippet to backup them as png with the date/time in the filename.
It uses the imagemagick convert, and doesn't check if the paths exist, so you should
know what you're doing.

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#!/usr/bin/python

from glob import glob
import os,time
paths = os.getenv("HOME" + "/SL/SecondLife_*/*bmp"
savepath = os.getenv("HOME" + "/SL/screenshots/neu/"

for i in glob(paths):
<TAB> date = time.localtime(os.stat(i).st_mtime)
<TAB> fname = "slshot-%04d-%02d-%02d-%02d-%02d-%02d.png" % (date[0:6])
<TAB> cmd = "convert %s %s && rm -f %s" % (i, savepath + fname, i)
<TAB> os.system(cmd)
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P.S. Suwwy, that webPhfforum is eating myspaces, and I have more important
things to do than messing around with babyKot.