Re: BleachBit cleaning?

From	/less <roam@noabode.nil>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.mint
Subject	Re: BleachBit cleaning?
Date	2016-02-20 07:39 +0700
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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On 02/20/2016 03:05 AM, Big Al wrote:
> Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon 64 bit.
> Only just recently been working with Linux.   Been on it for years but
> started adding things.   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.
> Seems like 9 times outta 10, within hours or a day, I am using Nemo to
> browse a folder or two and I get amessage that the Icon Cache needs
> repair and I have to okay and give the root password.   After that, it's
> fine, and maybe one more time it happens and maybe in another
> folder.     The latterfacts I can't be 100% sure of.
> Is this something that is a side effect of this utility?   Should I stay
> away from it?   I saw someone somewhere say they didn't like the
> program.   Reasons evade me now but that's not important.
> I know where the browser caches are, I could simply write a
> cleanupscript in bash and run it now and then.   But there are other
> aspects of the cleanup that I'm not sure of.    Adobe reader cache etc.

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..."

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