Stacer OR/AND BleachBit?

**umbravitae** · February 7th, 2020

Hello everyone! I`ve been looking some vids and did some reading about tuning up Ubuntu. I`m familiarized with BleachBit mainly from Windows and I have the general idea as to what it does, but now I came across Stacer. The later seems to be specially designed for Linux. So what is better for keeping the system neat and maintaining privacy in Ubuntu: BleachBit OR/AND Stacer? Can they be used both for maximal advantage, or is it best to use one of them?

**Impavidus** · February 7th, 2020

I'm not familiar with stacer. It's not in the official repositories, wich means I would only install it if I were really sure I needed it. Bleachbit is in the official repos (universe section) and I guess there's some use for it, but I don't use it. The forum is full of stories of people who broke their system by applying too much bleach.

**Autodave** · February 7th, 2020

I have used Stacer before. What I found is that it pretty much didn't do anything. That could be because I don't muck up my system with junk.

Keep in mind that Linux is NOT Windows. Things that you needed to do constantly in Windows (defrag, check for orphaned registry files, remove things from the boot-up menu, etc) do not need to be done in Linux except on very rare occasions. I have 12 machines right now running Xubuntu and I do zero maintenance on any of them. And they are all just as fast as the day that I installed Xubuntu 16.04 or 18.04 on them.

**MartyBuntu** · February 7th, 2020

I just use Ubuntu Cleaner to free up storage space by getting rid of old kernels and headers. Other than reclaiming room on the drives, they don't really "improve" the performance of your installation, as Autodave has stated.

**mrdc76** · February 8th, 2020

Originally Posted by umbravitae

Hello everyone! I`ve been looking some vids and did some reading about tuning up Ubuntu. I`m familiarized with BleachBit mainly from Windows and I have the general idea as to what it does, but now I came across Stacer. The later seems to be specially designed for Linux. So what is better for keeping the system neat and maintaining privacy in Ubuntu: BleachBit OR/AND Stacer? Can they be used both for maximal advantage, or is it best to use one of them?

Neither. Both are more likely to be more harmful than useful.