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'computer-janitor' was removed from the 12.04 CD because it messed up a lot
of stuff, like removing flash... or something along those lines.

Sincerely,
Kroq-gar78



On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Michele Giacomoli <
michele.giacomoli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It seems the description of the computer-janitor, but in Ubuntu 12.04 it's
> not installed in the system. I know i can install it running sudo apt-get
> install computer-janitor, but a newbie doesn't know that. Moreover a newbie
> doesn't think he has to clean his pc, so the application should clean the
> system automatically without asking the user anything. This behavoir should
> have the possibility to be disabled from a skilled user if he wants.
>
> So, the core of the application already exists, now we have to make it
> work in the right way, and provide this service out of the box.
>
> Il giorno 27 aprile 2012 22:42, Daniel Hollocher <
> danielhollocher@xxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CleanupCruft
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:53 AM, supernova <supernova.it@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > Maybe this is not the right place for this discussion, anyway I want
>> > to think about one thing: when the kernel package upgrades, a new one
>> > in installed beside the old. I then remove the old one and keep only
>> > the new one. This can be done with synaptic or through line commands,
>> > but not with Ubuntu Software Center, or not easily at least.
>> > I'm thinking now to newbies, or to people that doesn't want to "study"
>> > Ubuntu, but only use it. How can they manage easily procedures as the
>> > one above, or apt-cache clean, for example? Shouldn't be all this
>> > automated?
>> >
>> > Supernova
>> >
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