What’s the Best Way to Clean Up My Linux PC?

If you're using apt or dnf, both have a command to clean unused packages. Just run the clean command, and it'll help tidy things up!

One effective way to clean up is to check your temp files, usually found in ~/.cache and /tmp. However, be careful about deleting anything in ~/.cache unless you know exactly what it is because it can lead to issues. For your system, using "purge" instead of just removal through your package manager is a good call; it helps delete leftover configurations from /etc.

If you're into advanced options, using ZFS snapshots can be a cool way to manage your system. I recently solved a glitch by rolling back to a snapshot I’d taken earlier. But if you're not ready for something that complex, doing a sudo apt purge [PROGRAM] will help too, as that clears out configuration files along with the program.

Honestly, you're probably overthinking it a bit! Linux generally doesn’t get as cluttered as Windows does. If you're really keen on keeping things tidy, you could use 'distrobox' to install stuff in containers and just clear those out when you're done. But it's honestly a bit of overkill.

Make sure to run "autoremove" depending on your distro. It's a handy command to remove packages that were automatically installed and are no longer needed.