On Linux systems, does the cache of browsers, etc., clean itself before shutting down?

Question

linux

I talked with a Linuxoid for a long time already, he stuttered about the fact that Linux cleans the cache of browsers, etc. themselves before shutting down, is Linux really cleaned? if yes, then the browser loads the cache on a new one every time the OS is turned on again?

Answer 1

No, it is not cleaned. The cache of browsers is stored in the userdir by default.
Your familiar Linuxoid heard a ringing, but does not know where he is. We are talking about / tmp, which is really mounted on most modern distributions tmpfs (the file system in RAM). And all its contents are lost on reboot. But browsers don't store their caches there.

Answer 2

fshp

We are talking about / tmp, which is really mounted on most modern distributions tmpfs (the file system in RAM). And all its contents are lost on reboot. But browsers don't store their caches there.

Yes, but it's still more fun - not all distributions clean up the default tempo anymore. in ubuntu it is definitely necessary to set options - to clean or not? and with what age of folder files
and about browser caches, fshp 's answer is accurate and complete
ps Considering that in most distros, FireFox is the default browser, perhaps this article will be useful to you - https://geektimes.ru/post/280792/
pps read comments to the question itself - what do you want? (or what are you afraid of?)
- whether to clean caches (save space?) in fact - scripts to help (as far as I remember, in Linux (and in Windows) you can create tasks to shut down the system (but it's easier to start the system here and there) - cleaning caches in both Linux and Windows is not very complicated, you need to take care of the educational program where which folders are located in browser profiles, and which of them are pure cache .. well, bang .. if necessary and when necessary
- if everything is vice versa, and you are afraid of excess traffic, due to the loss of caches ... well, as it were, everything is said - there are definitely no grounds for such fear

Answer 3

Can be configured, but this is not the behavior of the OS, and the behavior of the browser
/tmp is cleared before loading https://serverfault.com/a/377349/128728