Discover occupied disk space distribution and effectively view disk space usage distribution use beobab (on gnome -seem to be also kde KDirStat)
It's part of gnome tools
sudo apt-get install gnome-utils
Tree map View will reveal where are directories that waste your disk space better than terminal commands.
Additionally locate big files and sort them by size in terminal if you wish, check filesharing incomplete files, empty trash, empty wine temp folder(as on windows)
Old linux kernels (each 89 Mb) were found as "disk eaters" on out system.
To check folders from time to time use simple cron job that opens trash&incompletes&other stuff you may want to check when you return to computer
A cron job may be used to remind you of a low disk space and then run trash&incompletes&other stuff, when disk space is high, cron notification reminds you to add something to downloads.
There comes many programs installed by "default". To uninstall em go to your packet manager and view installed applications. It should be safe to uninstall 'em all.
Related:
How to reduce memory usage
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