Wednesday, September 15, 2010

System Cleaner tool for both Linux and Windows

You all are familiar with CCleaner (Crap Cleaner, a tool for cleaning unnecessary files on Windows systems). But what to do in Linux based systems like Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, etc? I have found a very similar program like CCleaner for my ubuntu that is BleachBit. BleachBit automates the clean up process of junks on Linux. BleachBit also has a windows version. Windows users can try that also.

You can install BleachBit from "Ubuntu software center" or from "synaptic package manager" or you can download the deb file from this link http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/ . Windows user also can download the windows installer for BleachBit. After installing you can access it on ubuntu from Applications>System Tools>BleachBit as Administrator. After that select your necessary options from the BleahBit window. then previw the file before clean up process by clicking preview. then delete the files. BleachBit not only cleans junks but also can remove duplicate files, broken symbolic links, broken desktop files, temporary internet files from different browsers, browser history, etc. There are enough necessary options to get the clean up job done on Linux based OS. The Windows version is same in many features of CCleaner. For details visit the BleachBit Project site on sourcesorge.
So why are you waiting for install it, run it, love it, and have a fast and secure system.
[PS: You must run BleachBit as super user/administrator to delete files on ubuntu/mint. If you run it in normal mode error messages regarding user previlage will be shown upon deletion process.]

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