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    How do you clean up Linux and why?

    In windows you have a program called Diskcleanup. You can also add on other utilities like Ccleaner. I have been wondering If or what programs in Linux does the samething for the Linux system. Also How often a person should do it? I've already discovered on my system two programs for cleaning up stuff. But as far as what they are cleaning and if it is good or not, I don't know. The One program is called Janitor. The other I found in the ubuntu software center. It is called: Bleachbit. My goal here is to get rid of Cache and other unneeded stored information. Also on Windows I use CCleaner to get rid of flash cookies. How do you do that on Linux?

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    Re: How do you clean up Linux and why?

    I use BleachBit and it works well. Just be careful about what you clean.

    If you wish to give it a spin I will help you with the setup.

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    Re: How do you clean up Linux and why?

    Quote Originally Posted by gregoryshock View Post
    In windows you have a program called Diskcleanup. You can also add on other utilities like Ccleaner. I have been wondering If or what programs in Linux does the samething for the Linux system. Also How often a person should do it? I've already discovered on my system two programs for cleaning up stuff. But as far as what they are cleaning and if it is good or not, I don't know. The One program is called Janitor. The other I found in the ubuntu software center. It is called: Bleachbit. My goal here is to get rid of Cache and other unneeded stored information. Also on Windows I use CCleaner to get rid of flash cookies. How do you do that on Linux?
    Using both programs that you just mentioned will sufice for what you are looking for. If you want to learn about a few more things that you can clean up here is a guide that I think does a good job of getting you started. http://maketecheasier.com/8-ways-to-...ine/2008/10/07

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    Re: How do you clean up Linux and why?

    Ubuntu/ linux doesn't use a registry so there are no keys to remove which is a function of Ccleaner. If using Firefox set this add-on to delete LSO/ flash cookies at browser close or open. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...betterprivacy/
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    Re: How do you clean up Linux and why?

    Ubuntu Tweak http://ubuntu-tweak.com/ has a "janitor" that will clean up a lot of cruft such as old kernels, apt-cache, and whatnot.

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    Re: How do you clean up Linux and why?

    I have a very simple script for cleaning out apt whenever I feel the need.

    I have it in /usr/local/bin/clean

    So I just type clean into a terminal and it automatically clears out a few places that I want cleaned.

    Code:
    #!/bin/bash
    #script to do a quick apt cleaning
    sudo apt-get --purge autoremove #removes unneeded packages that were installed to satisfy dependencies along with their config files.
    sudo apt-get autoclean          #removes obselete files/packages that can no longer be downloaded
    sudo apt-get clean              #removes the downloaded packages to free disk space
    exit
    Of course this is not all of the things you should be cleaning out. The link to Make Tech Easier has some good suggestions.

    Kopkins

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    Re: How do you clean up Linux and why?

    I don`t
    i thnik there is no need to cleanup your GNU/Linux like what you do in windows
    i just clean apt cache , browser garbage and old kernels
    of course i use clean install every 6 month

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    Re: How do you clean up Linux and why?

    Ubucleaner script:

    Code:
    #!/bin/bash
    
    OLDCONF=$(dpkg -l|grep "^rc"|awk '{print $2}')
    CURKERNEL=$(uname -r|sed 's/-*[a-z]//g'|sed 's/-386//g')
    LINUXPKG="linux-(image|headers|ubuntu-modules|restricted-modules)"
    METALINUXPKG="linux-(image|headers|restricted-modules)-(generic|i386|server|common|rt|xen)"
    OLDKERNELS=$(dpkg -l|awk '{print $2}'|grep -E $LINUXPKG |grep -vE $METALINUXPKG|grep -v $CURKERNEL)
    YELLOW="\033[1;33m"
    RED="\033[0;31m"
    ENDCOLOR="\033[0m"
    
    if [ $USER != root ]; then
      echo -e $RED"Error: must be root"
      echo -e $YELLOW"Exiting..."$ENDCOLOR
      exit 0
    fi
    
    echo -e $YELLOW"Cleaning apt cache..."$ENDCOLOR
    aptitude clean
    
    echo -e $YELLOW"Removing old config files..."$ENDCOLOR
    sudo aptitude purge $OLDCONF
    
    echo -e $YELLOW"Removing old kernels..."$ENDCOLOR
    sudo aptitude purge $OLDKERNELS
    
    echo -e $YELLOW"Emptying every trashes..."$ENDCOLOR
    rm -rf /home/*/.local/share/Trash/*/** &> /dev/null
    rm -rf /root/.local/share/Trash/*/** &> /dev/null
    
    echo -e $YELLOW"Script Finished!"$ENDCOLOR

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    Re: How do you clean up Linux and why?

    The only problem with Ubucleaner is that it's for older Ubuntu releases: e.g. from all currently supported releases packages linux-ubuntu-modules-* are present only in hardy (8.04LTS), on the other hand, beginning from oneiric (11.10) there are linux-image-extra-* that Ubucleaner doesn't know of. I tried to clean up Ubucleaner a bit, the result is here.
    Last edited by schragge; March 11th, 2013 at 11:27 AM.

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    Re: How do you clean up Linux and why?

    See this thread for dealing with flash cookies.

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