Favorite tools for Linux disk maintenance
Broom and Dust Pan
The Linux environment includes dozens of tools for disk maintenance. We introduce you to a few of the favorites.
Linux workstations usually come with more preinstalled software than you will find on Windows or macOS. A full-featured Linux system might contain more than a hundred thousand files, and that is before the user even starts adding temporary files, logs, and downloads. Without the right choice of tools, it's easy to lose track when it comes to maintaining a system and keeping it lean.
Linux has multiple tools for almost any task, and disk cleanup is no exception. Some cleanup tools are included with the major Linux distributions, and others are only a download away. This article highlights some useful tools for keeping your system tidy.
Bleaching with BleachBit
BleachBit is a very compact graphical application for removing obsolete data from the system [1]. The tool is not limited to the logs and temporary files created and managed by the operating system; it also detects installed applications and can then remove their history and logfiles. Some of the pre-configured routines can also overwrite the matching data areas on the storage device to make it impossible to reconstruct the deleted data at a later date.
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