maintenance tools on mandrake 10.0

[photoworks]

i was wondering if there are tools for mandrake such as disk defragmenter or disk cleanup?

Do i need to defragment linux or is it not necessary ?

[chris z]

the short answer is nope & nope.

 

due to file systems structures & the way Linux deals with them, there is no need for defragging, scan disking, & such. if you go into Mandrake Control Center->system->services, you can see if devfsd is checked to start on boot. that is sorta like a defrag. after 30 or so reboots, or an unclean shutdown, that will check mounted partion integrity on boot & clean up any neccessary orphaned bits & pieces of things. temp files aren't treated in a Windows like manner either. temp directories clean themselves up (so to speak) after a shutdown or reboot & don't store all that much crap to begin with. regular disk maintenance basically involves uninstalling apps you don't want/need/use &/or deleting files manually that are no longer needed/wanted (documents, photos, log files, etc.)

 

just use the OS & don't worry about house cleaning. it'll be fine.

 

Chris

[AussieJohn]

Could not have said it any better CHRIS Z.

You will notice that Linux always displays Files and Folders/Directories in correct Alphabetical order. In windows this does not happen properly even when you set it up to do this and add another folder or file later.

 

Linux :- Built from carefully crafted parts and engineered to work together then fine tuned

Windows :- Thrown together from anything they can lay their hands on (stolen and otherwise) and fiddled with until it seems to somehow work in a fashion.

 

Cheers. John.