What are the system cleaners that can be recommended for EOS

General system Newbie
22

Exactly! I never liked the idea of one-click “cleaners.” Even the ones with configurations to select.

From A Complete Idiot’s Guide To Endeavour OS Maintenance / Update / Upgrade, I’ve created a personalized “cheat sheet” I use regularly or whenever I feel it’s necessary.

EndeavourOS Maintenance / Update / Upgrade
[Frequency: Every 1-2 months, or user discretion]

UPDATE SYSTEM:
[Frequency: Daily, Weekly, or user discretion]
yay

UPDATE ARCH MIRRORS:
reflector --protocol https --verbose --latest 25 --sort rate | sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

ATER UPDATING ARCH MIRRORLIST, UPDATE SYSTEM:
yay -Syyu

UPDATE EOS MIRRORS:
eos-rankmirrors --verbose

ATER UPDATING EOS MIRRORLIST, UPDATE SYSTEM:
yay -Syyu

CLEAN JOURNAL:
sudo journalctl --vacuum-time=4weeks

CLEAN CACHE (All Packages):
paccache -r

CLEAN CACHE (Uninstalled Packages):
paccache -ruk0

REMOVE ORPHANS:
yay -Yc

2 Likes