localepurge vs smartmontools

A side-by-side look at localepurge and smartmontools. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

localepurge

Os & Utilities

localepurge is a tool that removes unused locale data from Linux and other Unix-like systems. It scans the system for programs, libraries, and data files that contain locale information and removes those locales that are not being used to free up disk space.

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smartmontools

System & Hardware

smartmontools is a set of open source utilities that monitor the health of disk drives and predict drive failures, compatible with most types of hard drives. It reads SMART data to detect and report on various drive attributes related to reliability, such as reallocated sectors count.

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