![]() ![]() That's the only settings file that a user has access to. Applications place upon installation a hidden settings file in the personal folder of each user. They place their own default settings in their own folders in the system. The configurations of the applications aren't in there, because they don't have access to it. Only the operating system itself has a central registry. There's no need to clean the registry of Linux, as it can't get polluted in the first place. That way, you won't have to pay attention to the disk space of the thumbnails anymore.Ĥ. Then click once on maximum-size and then once on 512, and change it to 128 (for example, if you want 128 MB as maximum size). (in MATE: org - mate - desktop - thumbnail-cache)Ĭlick once on maximum-age and then once on 180, and change it to 90 (for example, if you want 90 days as maximum age). In Cinnamon, click your way to: org - cinnamon - desktop - thumbnail-cache Press Enter again.Įxpanding the subitems can be done by clicking on the little triangle before an item. In Mint this has changed: you'll see asterisks when you type. In Ubuntu this remains entirely invisible, not even dots will show when you type it, that's normal. Note: This will probably affect the thumbnails on your desktop as well in that case it should suffice to simply log out and in again (or reboot your computer), which will create them anew.ĭo you wish to change the settings for thumbnails, so that their maximum size and age are reduced? Then proceed like this (only tested in Cinnamon yet):įirst install dconf-editor. (You can launch a terminal window like this: *Click*)Ĭopy/paste the following command line into the terminal, in order to avoid typing errors: No worries: the system will re-create that folder and its subfolders automatically, the next time that thumbnails will be generated. The quickest way to get rid of all the thumbnails is to use the terminal for deleting the folder in which they reside. By default, only thumbnails older than six months will be deleted. Moreover, the thumbnail cache will eventually contain many superfluous thumbnails of pictures that don't exist anymore. Over time, the number of thumbnails can increase a lot, up to 512 MB. It stores those thumbnails in a hidden directory in your user account (names of hidden directories and hidden files start with a dot, like. For each displayed picture, Mint automatically creates a thumbnail, for viewing in the file manager. Press the button: Delete Cached Package Filesģ. Select: Delete downloaded packages after installation Panel of Synaptic: Settings - Preferences - Files ![]() Launch your file manager and right-click on the Trash folder - Empty trash. Maybe too obvious to mention, but still: don't forget to empty the trash bin from time to time. The only cleansing actions you might want to do in Linux Mint, are the following:ġ. Linux Mint doesn't get polluted much over time. ![]() OK, now that's out of the way, let's get started: The other microcode will become a candidate for auto-removal, and future kernel updates will not be offered correctly. Don't remove the one you don't need!īoth microcode packages are installed as dependencies of the kernel metapackage, so removing one or the other will also remove that metapackage. Another cleaning pitfall is this: by default, there are two microcode packages installed in your system: one for Intel CPU's and one for AMD CPU's. ![]() There are a few safe cleaning actions, which I'll describe below.Ģ. Never use cleaning applications like BleachBit! Those software wrecking balls are very risky and may damage your system beyond repair. Want to get rid of polluted settings in your web browser?ġ. Regrets? Then turn firewall logging on again like this Set a reasonable maximum log size for systemd Automatic removal of old redundant kernels Many old redundant kernels? Remove them all in one stroke How to undo: re-installing removed Asian fonts Dealing with Flatpaks and the Flatpak infrastructure Make Firefox cleanse itself automatically upon quitting ![]()
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