Cruftbuster: keep your system clean and organized

Cruftbuster

While using your GNU / Linux distribution you tend to accumulate a large number of files that do not serve a lot and they take up space unnecessarily. You will already know tools like Bleachbit to clean this type of cache or temporary files that can free up space on your hard drive. If you come from the Windows world, you may be used to using apps like CCleaner or similar, which keep your OS registry in good condition and help eliminate files that are not necessary.

Well, as an alternative to Bleachbit, you have Cluftbuster, a program that can do some things that Bleachbit does not allow. That is why it is a very software to consider for cleaning. In addition, one of its most desired characteristics is that it is capable of automating this type of maintenance and cleaning tasks, which is appreciated for not having to do it manually.

If you want to download the source code in a tarball To install it from sources, you can do it from this website. But you can also install from any distro you use in an easy way with these commands (once you have it downloaded):

cd Descargas
tar xvzf cruftbuster-version.tar.gz
cd cruftbuster-version
chmod +x MainScreen.py
python MainScreen.py

That will launch this app written in Python (of course you must have the Python interpreter installed ...). Now you can move around its graphical interface, which is quite intuitive and easy to use. In it you can add directories on which to operate and rules that will be executed automatically to clean your system.

To create a rule is very simple, e.g., the main image of this article shows a screen in which a rule has been created to move MP4 files. And it will be done if all the conditions that are listed are met. In this case, the extension is mp4. When it detects * .mp4 it will move it to the Videos directory. Do you see how easy? Of course you can modify it and invent your own rules for anything else ...


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