Bleachbit – Clear out the Junk from Linux!
I have recently found a great tool for Linux, called Bleachbit. which will clear out junk such as logs, old config files and cache from applications. Its very similar to one of my favorite programs on Windows, CCleaner (may have to blog that soon as well!). It has support for removing junk from over 70 different applications, including Firefox, Pidgin, Flash, Java and Linux system files. Bleachbit runs in two modes, standard and root. In standard mode, the user can remove files which are stored in the home folder, mainly logs and Firefox cached data. In root, you are able to remove files left over from apt and system files, logs and cache. If you are usure what to remove and what not, Bleachbit will explain what each removal will do. I strongly recommend to run both modes, to remove most of the junk. First time I ran it, I saved about 100 mb of disk space.
Bleachbit can be download from the link above, it is also in the Ubuntu repos!
Bleachbit - Remove all your junk!
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