Following a periodic, in my case weekly, run of:
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
is there much benefit from rebooting?
Nautilus's thumbnail cache in ~/.thumbnails has grown to several hundred megabytes.
Do I need to be concerned about unrestricted growth of this in the long term, or is its size automatically managed somehow?
Does Ubuntu need regular cleanups like Windows. For example:
- Cleaning the logs
- Temporary files
- Package cache
- Dependencies left over
I am not referring to web browsers only.
In case I never do a cleanup, will I have a system like new without my hard drive being full of temporary files, packages, etc.?
Will the performance degrade overtime if a cleanup is not done.
I have a production Ubuntu server in a remote location, which recently started to behave strangely.
I suspect RAM errors, and want to have a physical RAM check without rebooting, Live CDs or memtests which causes downtime.
I know that on-line RAM test is a contradiction in terms (because a full physical check requires that no process will be running), but I wonder if there is any way to make a random physical check which might give some indication of RAM failure.
Thanks,
Adam
When i was using windows, i used to run defrags, ccleaner and revouninstaller once a month to keep the system and the registry clean.
I know ubuntu (and all linux distro) has a different system structure and doesnt need defrags, but i've heard there are some mainenance tasks that help to keep the system clean (for example, sudo apt-get clean or sudo apt-get autoremove)
How many of those commands/software (and please explain what they do and if they can compromise the system stability) do you know and use regularly?