The only maintenance I do on my systems is a regular "apt clean" :D As someone who just came from Windows on his main machine 1/2 year ago, I love how little maintenance a Linux desktop requires and especially how little bloat there is on the system. Good luck trying to fit a Windows and all your programs on 20GB of disk space :P
i use dust for finding where all of my space is used, and then lf to clean it out. but most of the stuff i get it in a folder system that remove the problems you talk about here, so it is steam that is the problem for me, it don't fit in my folder system
great video 👍 got to know about some new apps :) btw can you make video on how can we mount /usr directory to different/external drive. my /usr dir is taking a lot space and ive installed my linux in limited space :/
Thank you, Matt! I'd used 'windirstat', same program, different OS. MX Package Installer has Bleach Bit, Qdistat, GRsync, & Stacer. Dupeguru is the only one not in the package manager. They look like keepers, pal! I'll prolly dwnld Dupeguru on my desktop system. I've got lots of dupes on it. Maybe I'll be able to delete all the old windoz files, too. BTW, I'm still trying to find programs to monitor & manage hardware. I need to monitor my own-built desktop's CPU temps. I may need to rebuild it & refresh the TIM goop (last rebuilt in 2015). I prolly need to check out my GPU because it's old too (02/2016). Have a GREAT day, Neighbor!
As for Dupeguru, there is a deb package on their github page github.com/arsenetar/dupeguru/releases/tag/4.2.1 That would work on MX Linux just fine. If you can download btop, that does cpu temperatures, though I'm not sure how accurate they are. lmsensors is also good you want to nerd out in the terminal.
@Terminalforlife (LL)I'd use rsync over cp for large directories because it supports resumption after interruption. Also, if you're transferring over a network/ the internet it supports compression for transfer where scp or sftp doesn't. That's probably just the tip of the iceberg, but yeah it's all preference based on your needs
Timeshift is a GUI app that can use either of two "backends" to back up data -- rsync or btrfs snapshots -- the latter of which is only an option on a btrfs volume, naturally. If you want to use the CLI to back up your data, you can use rsync for normal copying/syncing or snapper for creating btrfs snapshots.
@@TheLinuxCast @Terminalforlife My limited understanding of Timeshift is that when it's used for btrfs snapshots, it's good at what it does, but what it does is limited. It can back up either the '@' subvolume or both the '@' and '@home' subvolumes, but not any other subvolumes, any other combination, or any subset (files or subdirectories) of a subvolume. Maybe that's changed since I briefly looked at it last year (before deciding it wasn't right for me), but I believe that was the case at the time.
@Terminalforlife (LL) You're definitely right that for full image backups, btrfs snapshots (whether taken by Timeshift, snapper, or just the raw btrfs commands) and CloneZilla are among the best options. One important thing to note, though, is that btrfs snapshots alone aren't really backups because they're stored on the same volume as the data being "backed up". You'd have to take the extra step of using btrfs send/receive to transfer the snapshots (or deltas of them) to another volume, similar to what CloneZilla would do.
ncdu (du with a Terminal User Interface) is similar to QDirStat, but since it's a terminal-based program, it's really useful on a server where you can't run GUI apps.
The arco variable at the top of the script just names the directory that I've created to store the backups, so yes you can change it to Manjaro. You would just need to make sure the path that the variable is set to actually exists. Just mkdir.
Openbox would be a good solution to running a lean WM and having a lot DE sort of functionality, the distro you choose will have alot to do with experience and how much work you want to put into getting your Openbox WM installed and setup. Arch is good if you have no issues installing Openbox, otherwise there a few arch based distro that have openbox as their default WM(Archcraft, Archlabs ect...). If your kinda new to linux then I recommend something like Solus (im sure they have openbox in their repo), Linux mint or PopOS(remove gnome and install openbox)
Thanks for the video, really excellent work !
The only maintenance I do on my systems is a regular "apt clean" :D
As someone who just came from Windows on his main machine 1/2 year ago, I love how little maintenance a Linux desktop requires and especially how little bloat there is on the system. Good luck trying to fit a Windows and all your programs on 20GB of disk space :P
My 11 install and no personal programs on Windows was over 120Gb. I'm on Mint now and don't know what to do with these huge drives lol
Thx for ur work
MX Linux has a log cleaning tool. I figure it’s worth a mention.
Mx has a tool for everything lol it's awesome
MX is awesome.
Thanks for video there some tools I can use on my Linux computer I didn't know about.
Your desktop looks awesome. Do you have a tutorial for that?
Not really a tutorial, but I did all the ricing in a live stream a few weeks ago. ua-cam.com/video/LCV99RFpfYs/v-deo.html
Bleachbit is nice. I've been using it for ages.
Thanks Matt, Interesting apps I think Bleach bit and Stacer I will give a try. Take care.
Which one would you recommend me?
i use dust for finding where all of my space is used, and then lf to clean it out.
but most of the stuff i get it in a folder system that remove the problems you talk about here, so it is steam that is the problem for me, it don't fit in my folder system
great video 👍
got to know about some new apps :)
btw can you make video on how can we mount /usr directory to different/external drive. my /usr dir is taking a lot space and ive installed my linux in limited space :/
Thank you, Matt!
I'd used 'windirstat', same program, different OS.
MX Package Installer has Bleach Bit, Qdistat, GRsync, & Stacer.
Dupeguru is the only one not in the package manager.
They look like keepers, pal!
I'll prolly dwnld Dupeguru on my desktop system.
I've got lots of dupes on it.
Maybe I'll be able to delete all the old windoz files, too.
BTW, I'm still trying to find programs to monitor & manage hardware.
I need to monitor my own-built desktop's CPU temps.
I may need to rebuild it & refresh the TIM goop (last rebuilt in 2015).
I prolly need to check out my GPU because it's old too (02/2016).
Have a GREAT day, Neighbor!
As for Dupeguru, there is a deb package on their github page github.com/arsenetar/dupeguru/releases/tag/4.2.1 That would work on MX Linux just fine.
If you can download btop, that does cpu temperatures, though I'm not sure how accurate they are. lmsensors is also good you want to nerd out in the terminal.
rsync is extremely powerful and widely applicable. I use it instead of utilities like sftp and even cp much of the time.
rclone is also useful because it's similar to rsync and supports syncing from and/or to places that rsync doesn't natively support (e.g. Amazon S3).
@@code8986 thanks for the heads up, that sounds sweet
@Terminalforlife (LL)I'd use rsync over cp for large directories because it supports resumption after interruption. Also, if you're transferring over a network/ the internet it supports compression for transfer where scp or sftp doesn't. That's probably just the tip of the iceberg, but yeah it's all preference based on your needs
@Terminalforlife (LL) thanks, I didn't know that
Is rsync a good replacement of TimeShift ?
Can be. Timeshit works better with btfs though.
Timeshift is a GUI app that can use either of two "backends" to back up data -- rsync or btrfs snapshots -- the latter of which is only an option on a btrfs volume, naturally. If you want to use the CLI to back up your data, you can use rsync for normal copying/syncing or snapper for creating btrfs snapshots.
@Terminalforlife (LL) Time shift can do directories and such too. It is more full featured
@@TheLinuxCast @Terminalforlife My limited understanding of Timeshift is that when it's used for btrfs snapshots, it's good at what it does, but what it does is limited. It can back up either the '@' subvolume or both the '@' and '@home' subvolumes, but not any other subvolumes, any other combination, or any subset (files or subdirectories) of a subvolume. Maybe that's changed since I briefly looked at it last year (before deciding it wasn't right for me), but I believe that was the case at the time.
@Terminalforlife (LL) You're definitely right that for full image backups, btrfs snapshots (whether taken by Timeshift, snapper, or just the raw btrfs commands) and CloneZilla are among the best options. One important thing to note, though, is that btrfs snapshots alone aren't really backups because they're stored on the same volume as the data being "backed up". You'd have to take the extra step of using btrfs send/receive to transfer the snapshots (or deltas of them) to another volume, similar to what CloneZilla would do.
ncdu (du with a Terminal User Interface) is similar to QDirStat, but since it's a terminal-based program, it's really useful on a server where you can't run GUI apps.
There's Gdu too, which is a good option for the terminal.
Matt with your script on rsync u can do a vid on it man .An in the script can ARCO be change to manjaro or will it stuff it up.
The arco variable at the top of the script just names the directory that I've created to store the backups, so yes you can change it to Manjaro. You would just need to make sure the path that the variable is set to actually exists. Just mkdir.
Hi Matt, i love you videos
Check out Regolith. It's i3 + Gnome.
Openbox would be a good solution to running a lean WM and having a lot DE sort of functionality, the distro you choose will have alot to do with experience and how much work you want to put into getting your Openbox WM installed and setup. Arch is good if you have no issues installing Openbox, otherwise there a few arch based distro that have openbox as their default WM(Archcraft, Archlabs ect...). If your kinda new to linux then I recommend something like Solus (im sure they have openbox in their repo), Linux mint or PopOS(remove gnome and install openbox)
What's the name of this neofetch-like program?
Neofetch. My config is in my dotfiles. Link in the vid description
Isn't czkawka better than dupeguru?
czkawka is polish
@@theepicnoobzilla6961 it has english translation
Czkawka is an excellent tool you should check out as well.
My fedoras off to you for this one 🖖🏼
I only use these commands:
Sudo apt autoremove
Sudo apt-get autoclean
"like with a cloth or something"