I would like to delete the unwanted files in ubuntu to speed up my system..Like in windows we used to delete the temporary files etc..So can anyone list me the unnecessary files in ubuntu..?
I would like to delete the unwanted files in ubuntu to speed up my system..Like in windows we used to delete the temporary files etc..So can anyone list me the unnecessary files in ubuntu..?
I don't think that that really applies to Linux...
You could try clearing the recent history in Firefox.
When people ask me what my most valuable trait is, I tell them that it is the ability to do a Google search.
CMU ECE Class of 2015
Speed impact such as that is much more a Windows issue than on Linux.
You can do a couple of commands to clean some things up. Really does not help speed at all but it never hurts.
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get autoremove
For information on what they do type
man apt-get
All are typed in the terminal.
Also, check your ram usage, files aren't a problem (Especially as there is no fragmentation. Before you reply to this)
The easiest ways to speed up ubuntu are installing preload, openbox, and checking your "Startup programs" to remove unnecessary apps
Comitas. Brevitas. Nulla ambitio.
You need not worry about necessary files in ubuntu. For simply deleating unwanted files
System--> Administration-->Computer Janitor
It will itself find unnecessary files and delete it.
But beware to delete some third party packages. You will be notified for this.
Don't use the janitor, last time I checked it wanted to delete my entire GUI... Just leave it alone...
Comitas. Brevitas. Nulla ambitio.
I'm pretty unsure about the question if deleting files has the same effect on Ubuntu as it has on Windows. I've never had performance issues though.
On windows deleting files decreases fragmentation, on linux it doesn't.
On windows, most of the work done by applications like ccleaner is in the registry, linux has no such malware (Well, gconf wasn't supposed to be like this but all sorts of lazy-*** programmers started dumping their settings in there and now it defeats the purpose so meh)
The biggest improvement on windows is defragging, second biggest is getting a lean antivirus, and third biggest (But by all means important) is to use msconfig to disable startup services.
The last of the 3 can be accomplished on linux (update-rc.d and gnome startu preferences)
Comitas. Brevitas. Nulla ambitio.
If you are really keen try Bleachbit - it's in the repos.
It does a good job of cleaning up unwanted caches and such.
Warning be VERY careful if you use it as root - you could seriously bork your system
Laptop : Acer Aspire 5920G Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 4GB DDR2, NVidia GeForce 8600GT, 500GB HDD
Desktop : Intel Core i7 930 overclocked to 4GHz, 6GB DDR3, ATI Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X, 2TB + 2TB + 300GB HDD & 60GB SDD
Bookmarks