Comments on: 8 Ways to Maintain a Clean, Lean Ubuntu Machine

By: Karmic Koala en una maquina Compaq Presario F700 « De Vista a Ubuntu

Karmic Koala en una maquina Compaq Presario F700 « De Vista a Ubuntu — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:05:20 +0000

[...] finalizar la instalación y quitar los archivos innecesarios el espacio que ocupa Ubuntu es el [...]

By: Rem0te C0ntr01

Rem0te C0ntr01 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:29:54 +0000

Wait, you forgot something. system is running slow. Solution: reformat windows and try again. Next day….system is corrupted, windoze will not boot. Solution: reformat and try again. Better solution: USE LINUX!!!

By: saaron

saaron — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:33:12 +0000

You should put Computer Janitor there too…

By: Purely for my reference — tips for cleaning up Linux « Lstrblg

Purely for my reference — tips for cleaning up Linux « Lstrblg — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:53:13 +0000

[...] a handy-dandy list of things to do to save some hard drive space on yer Linux box. If you’re like me, and have a very, very tiny hard drive (hey, it ain’t the size, its [...]

By: Limpando o Ubuntu « Relógio Velho

Limpando o Ubuntu « Relógio Velho — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:11:27 +0000

[...] Aqui vão algumas dicas para limpeza de arquivos inúteis do Ubuntu, eu peguei as partes do sítio MakeTechEasier, só testei as duas [...]

By: Duy Truong

Duy Truong — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:02:25 +0000

Well, actually those “power users” won’t need that SUM… I found myself much more comfortable editing configuration text files than having a GUI messing up my configs. I think that’s why they don’t have it by default: People who knows how GrUB works won’t need a GUI to config it.

By: Duy Truong

Duy Truong — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:56:25 +0000

Nice guide! I would add that removing old kernels frees up a couple of hundreds of megabytes, too.

By: Big Trev :: More cleaning :: May :: 2009

Big Trev :: More cleaning :: May :: 2009 — Sun, 03 May 2009 07:23:06 +0000

[...] this blog post which goes through a bunch of things to do a bit of cleaning up of Ubuntu. I’m running [...]

By: Jyrgen Hannus

Jyrgen Hannus — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:45:48 +0000

Thank you a lot, have been looking for this kind of indepth maintenance analysis for a long time!

By: Make Tech Easier - How To Shrink Your Virtualbox VM And Free Up Space For Your Hard Disk

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:42:27 +0000

[...] Clean up your Linux VM [...]

By: Dual Booting on the e6400: Part Three - Setting Up Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex | Bits and Bites

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:11:28 +0000

[...] Your Ubuntu system can become pretty messy after some use, with things like unused dependencies remaining after uninstalling packages. These unused dependencies can be removed by running sudo apt-get autoremove Similarly, upgrading to new Linux kernels will start to clog up the grub boot loader with multiple kernel choices. If you wish to remove these, simply uninstall the relevant kernel packages, usually consisting of a linux-headers-, linux-headers--generic, linux-restricted-modules-, and linux-image--generic package. More tips on cleaning your system clean can be found in this Make Tech Easier post. [...]

By: Tundro Walker

Tundro Walker — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:49:40 +0000

Wow, I’ve been using Ubuntu for a long time (since Dapper), and have read a lot of articles on tweaking it. This is the first I’ve seen mention Start-Up Manager. Why the heck isn’t this installed as a default app in Ubuntu? I know “average joe” users could hurt themselves with it, which would be obvious, but power-users would definitely want to see this. They need to make a “dumbed down” and “power user” mode for Ubuntu, so your parents won’t hurt themselves using it, but you’ll have all the tools you’ll need if you have to trouble-shoot their comp later.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:10:53 +0000

“Here’s a question: I have a two entries of “OpenJDK Java 6 Web Start” under my Applications>Internet pull down menu… how do I get rid of one of them? Unlike the panel, right-clicking does bring up a “remove” option.”

Go to System > Preferences > Main Menu

This should bring up a GUI to edit the things that appear in the menus. Find your duplicate item and untick it. Bingo :-) Have fun.

By: mister_playboy

mister_playboy — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:06:09 +0000

Thanks for this guide! I did have one odd occurrence… running autoremove flagged and deleted my packages for Skype, so I had to reinstall it. I assume this has something to do with the fact that it uses 32 bit libraries (even though I am using the 64 bit package from medibuntu), and my OS is 64 bit.

Here’s a question: I have a two entries of “OpenJDK Java 6 Web Start” under my Applications>Internet pull down menu… how do I get rid of one of them? Unlike the panel, right-clicking does bring up a “remove” option.

By: Articles Collection of Oct’08 « Dako-Tux

Articles Collection of Oct’08 « Dako-Tux — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:02:32 +0000

[...] 8 Ways to Maintain a Clean, Lean Ubuntu Machine [...]

By: Vadim P.

Vadim P. — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:21:11 +0000

http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/ should be helpful too.

By: Damien

Damien — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:21:03 +0000

You are welcome

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:36:10 +0000

I’m new to Ubuntu, so this article is of great help.

Thank You

By: tonym

tonym — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:25:12 +0000

Thanks so much for the article. It surely was of great help to me as am a newbie.

By: vladimir@bcc.ufla.br

vladimir@bcc.ufla.br — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:09:25 +0000

Great article! It was very helpful!

Thanks! :D vladimir@bcc.ufla.br