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21 Aug 2014, 5:00 am

Borden88 wrote:
I use BleachBit, pretty good. I use it to clear data and sometimes to wipe HDD.


It died when doing a HDD wipe on my computer. I also told it to clear out the recently used files list but it didn't work; the list was still there. I uninstalled it in the end as it didn't seem very good.


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22 Sep 2014, 6:16 pm

I use CCleaner all the time, I update it when it prompts me, and I've never installed Chrome.

Maybe the first time my SO or I installed CCleaner it might have asked me if I wanted to install Chrome, but if so it hasn't since.


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I hate that. CCleaner, forces you do download Google Chrome, but it often messes up if you try to install it via CCleaner installation.

One of many reasons, why I don't use Windows anymore. I don't seem the have that problem with Linux.


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23 Sep 2014, 1:06 am

TallyMan wrote:
.........even if available from the likes of CNET I prefer to download directly from the developers own websites now where the same software is usually available free of unwanted crap / malware.


He's right!! !!

This practice will save you a lot of expletives. :wink:



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23 Sep 2014, 1:17 am

TallyMan wrote:
I dislike the way Kubuntu keeps track of my activity, it is almost as bad as Windows in that respect. I've turned off desktop search and had to manually find a way of wrecking the logging of recent file activity too - I have an encrypted file containing other files with details of my bank account and other sensitive documents and the bloody recent file activity is quite happy to log and list all these files. I wish there were default settings to respect the users privacy.


Question to TallyMan and any other user who may know.

Do all 8O Linux distros do what you've described Kubuntu doing?!?!?!

I am very disappointed to hear that Kubuntu does that....f**k :evil: them!

Should I assume that Ubuntu does that as well?

Please advise.