Re: BleachBit cleaning?

From	Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.mint
Subject	Re: BleachBit cleaning?
Date	2016-02-19 17:00 -0800
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/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

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