Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Mike Easter Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mint Subject: Re: BleachBit cleaning? Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:00:16 -0800 Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net XJMLVi2jn3SsiDn76FO8yAhO+dPe/MJEuwEOYlul9lUEytTPIm Cancel-Lock: sha1:C9BLVsAPDX88t55HKZxdsiCygII= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.5.1 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com alt.os.linux.mint:19917 /less wrote: > Big Al wrote: >> I put BleachBit in and have used it now and >> then to docleanups. I do limit the things I clean. Mostly cache files >> from any browser, no icon caches, no APT, no Deep Scan. The only >> system items I clean are system cache, Clipboard, localizations, and >> temp files. > https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/fatalmistakes > "Never use cleaning or defrag applications" > "With cleaning applications like Bleachbit, you easily destroy more than > you want..." > "Besides, they are useless..." > Personally I've never used any kind of cleaners such as CCleaner or Bleachbit in Windows or Linux. However, from reading about their use, I read that... - such cleaners if used should be used judiciously - injudicious use can do various kinds of problematic damage - lots of people use such cleaners satisfactorily In that sense, those cleaners resemble household cleansers, they should only be used appropriately and carefully with good educated insight into how such cleaners/cleansers should and should not be used. The necessary science of household cleaners is extensive. Likewise, the complete insight and understanding of how system cleaners work is non-trivial. -- Mike Easter