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Is BleachBit really necessary?

rated 0 times [ 4] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 3138 / 12 Months ago, thu, may 25, 2023, 12:40:50

I've heard that the ext4 filesystem does not need to be defragmented because the way it stores information is engineered to avoid exactly that problem.

At them same time, I have a program called Bleach Bit, which is essentially the Unix version of CCleaner for Windows, except a lot more detailed and advanced (not to mention several times faster).

For a few months now I've been running BB before shutting down, but if clutter and fragmentation generally is not a problem for Linux and ext4, then is there really a point to using Bleach Bit? Or could I just install it once a month to do a clean, and then immediately uninstall it?

I'm not quite savvy with the deep innards of the filesystem, so a detailed technical explanation would be great if possible.

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Pretty certain that CCleaner DOES NOT perform a defrag, on my Win 7 installations I've used it's sister program Dfraggler for that purpose. More details HERE

From what I've gathered in reading defrag is not a real concern on ext4 file system, however cleaning up clutter and old files is a separate function. You've probably noticed when running BB quite a number of files are eliminated. For my ancient Dell laptop it really makes a difference by using BB frequently.