Summary
In this chapter, we first reviewed unnecessary files and data system cleanup in detail. We then reviewed fragmentation, how to analyze it, and when to defragment an ext4-formatted drive. Our next stop was inxi, troubleshooting, and mhwd, providing two practical examples for issues. Finally, we saw how to keep our home partition data when reinstalling.
In the next chapter, we will continue with Shell scripts and automation. We will start with the basics of BASH shell script writing. We will then continue with time-based execution of programs and scripts. In the last part, we will see how to trigger actions based on systemd timers and specific OS initialization events.
