BleachBit is one of the best cleaning tools works in Linux systems and Microsoft windows as well. BleachBit cleans unnecessary files including cached packaged, temporary files, thumbnails “thumb.db”, gconf keys “configurations keys” or registry keys, broken shortcuts, bash history, and internet history. Continue reading
Many Ubuntu new users complain about uncompleted removed software , as many of them are looking for softwares which can make this job easily as they are not fans of the old classic command-line way .
Cleaning up Ubuntu , is necessary to remove the orphan packages which are result of incomplete removal of the package , configurations , Cache .
There are some very helpful applications which can help you keeping your Ubuntu installation clean .
1 – UbuntuTweak http://ubuntu-tweak.com/ :
My favorite application for tweaking Ubuntu it also provide cleaning tool for removing orphan packages , clearing cache , configurations , and most importantly cleaning Kernel .
2 – GtkOrphan http://www.marzocca.net/linux/gtkorphan.html :
Small but effective graphical tool to use remove orphaned libraries . It also provide control for Non-orphaned packages .
3 – Computer Janitor :
Small lightweight app to find and remove unused software packages , as it provide selection of recommended list of packages and configuration tips .
4 – KleanSweep :
Very useful and helpful application provides many features to clean up Ubuntu installation and the hard disk from empty files , empty files , backup files , broken symbolic links , broken executables , dead menu entries , duplicate files , orphan packages , and obsolete thumbnails .
5 – Sweeper :
Cleans the system from unwanted files as web browsing cache , saved clipboard contents , recent documents , Thumbnails cache .
6 – FSlint (FileSystem Lint) http://www.pixelbeat.org/fslint/ :
it is a tool for removing duplicates from Ubuntu , it looks for duplicate files , installed packages , bad name clashes , temporary files , broken symbolic links , empty directories .
7 - BleachBit http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/ :
Is a small very useful system tool to clean up the system from unnecessary files . The most important feature is cleaning the system from software temporary and cache files such as adobe reader , Firefox , Java , OpenOffice , Opera , and many other application .
8- Debian Package Search http://packagesearch.sourceforge.net/ :
It searches the installed debian packages and provides information about the packages as well as it look-up for the orphan packages .
