Is there a "clean registry" method to speed OS up like windows?

[HuginnMuninn]

Hi,

I just have a question about cleaning up memory or something like that to speed up or more specifically "refresh" linux mint like in windows.

What are some methods for doing that?

(by the way I wouldn't mind reading from intermediate or advanced resources to improve my learning )

Thank you.

[wallyUSA]

Hi, Linux is not like Windows!

We are here to help with issues. Do you have one?

Always start with specifics. What you are using and what you need.

Enjoy a Mint!

[spamegg]

Hello HuginnMuninn
I agree with wally, Linux is not Windows.
It will take you some time to let go of "Windows thinking", just be patient.
What's really important is that, during this time period, don't do anything stupid to break your system. Trying to apply your Windows habits (like using antivirus, or "cleaner apps" such as CCleaner, BleachBit, etc.) will often break your Linux.

Here is how you clean Mint safely:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... -mint.html
Here is how you speed up your Mint safely:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... -mint.html
Follow these step by step, and don't try anything else.

[Cosmo.]

question about cleaning up memory or something like that to speed up or more specifically "refresh" linux mint like in windows.

There is no registry, which could be cleaned. There is also nothing to refresh. The speed is solely dependent from the hardware (obvious) and from your usage. E.g. If you open many programs at the same time the system might start to swap memory to disk; this depends from the physical amount of RAM. As soon as swap get used the system gets slower, because a disk is slower than RAM.

As already said: Linux is not Windows. Both are os's, but they are very different. The one has much more marketing, the other works superior.

[all41]

Both are os's, but they are very different. The one has much more marketing, the other works superior.

I like this distinction

[rickNS]

I like this distinction

Me three.

[decrepit]

Me 4, well spake cosmo!

[Pierre]

this Linux System doesn't really need the Regular Maintenance,
that you would be so used to, on that Windows system.


the closest to what you are thinking .. would be this:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... -mint.html

since you are after some "advanced thinking" .. then do read the rest of that website, too.

[Nikolai5]

The only thing that I know of that you can do that's anything like a routine "cleaning" is to run a TRIM on your SSDs.

You would generally do so with the following command:

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sudo fstrim -av

-a = all
-v = verbose (tells you what its done)

Running with all is safe even if you have those old-fangled spinning disk hard drives that I've heard about, as it will just omit them. It will only trim devices that can trim, which would be your SSDs.

[pbear]

... "refresh" linux mint like in windows.

That's a specific thing. If you mean that, there's no direct analog in Mint. OTOH, one isn't needed either.

What can be done which is similar is to set up a home or data partition. Then if you want to "refresh", e.g., you've installed and uninstalled so many apps you're not sure what's what, you would reinstall the operating system, remount the home/data partition, and reinstall your apps. The first two steps, the ones equivalent to Refresh, take less than ten minutes. The third is needed in Windows also, and faster in Linux.

Something similar can be done without a home/data partition, but then you would have to copy in the data files from backup.