Thread by @itsfoss2

Today is "Clean Out Your Computer Day" 🧹

It is observed on the second Monday of February with the aim to encourage taking time out of your day to do some basic housekeeping on your computer.

Ineresting right? Here is a thread of a few cleaning tips for Linux users 🐧👇🧵

If you are running Ubuntu/Debian based distributions, run this command often to remove unwanted packages and old kernel headers:

💲 sudo apt autoremove

If you use Flatpak packages, you may remove unused packages with this command:

💲flatpak uninstall --unused

You can remove old versions of Snaps with this script:

#!/bin/bash
# CLOSE ALL SNAPS BEFORE RUNNING THIS
set -eu
snap list --all | awk '/disabled/{print $1, $3}' |
while read snapname revision; do
snap remove "$snapname" --revision="$revision"
done

If you use systemd, make sure that journal logs are cleaned automatically.

Check the disk usage with:

💲 journalctl --disk-usage

Set the log clearance to a few days like this:

💲 sudo journalctl --vacuum-time=3d

If you use Docker and have too many unusued images, you can remove both unused and dangling images with:

💲 docker image prune -a

Duplicate files also take up a lot of space. You may use tools like fdupes and fslint to find duplicate files and then decide if you want to remove the duplicate ones.

itsfoss.com/find-duplicate…

Not comforable with all the command line tools, you can use GUI tools like Stacer and BleachBit to clean your system.

itsfoss.com/ccleaner-alter…

You may also consider removing unused applications, of course.

I hope you liked these tips to clean your Linux system and free up disk space.

Do follow us @itsfoss2 for Linux tips and tutorial 🐧😎