Clean useless files to free disk space and guard your privacy with BleachBit
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BleachBit frees disk space, removes hidden junk, and easily guards your privacy. Erase cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, remove unused localizations, shred logs, and delete temporary files. Designed for Linux and Windows systems, it wipes clean over 50 applications including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Flash, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, Adobe Reader, APT.
Install BleachBit
First,you can download the .deb package by following command:
For ubuntu 9.04:
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/bleachbit/files/bleachbit/bleachbit_0.6.3-1_all_ubuntu904.deb
For ubuntu 8.10:
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/bleachbit/files/bleachbit/bleachbit_0.6.3-1_all_ubuntu810.deb
For ubuntu 8.04:
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/bleachbit/files/bleachbit/bleachbit_0.6.3-1_all_ubuntu804.deb
If you’re using other OS,you can also go to this page and download the .deb package.
Now,using this command to install the package,or you can just double click on it to start installation.
sudo dpkg -i bleachbit_0.6.3-1_all_ubuntu904.deb
This will complete the installation,and you can now launch it from Applications->System Tools->BleachBit.

Now,you can choose which files you want to clean at left hand and click on Preview to see details on right box.Click on Delete,and these files go away.
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