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I freed 30GB using Filelight

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  • gustavom@lemmy.worldG [email protected]

    I don't think you'll need to do that, unless you are planning to download files that are over 4Gb long and/or you are using a potato that has less than 1 Gb of ram.

    t. I've set my entire ram into a ramdisk, and the performance actually IMPROVED compared to not setting a ramdisk at all.

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    I don't think they meant forcing themselves because their RAM would fill up, but because their stuff would be gone after rebooting if they didn't move it.

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      And that's all, I'm happy since I was out of space.

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      My / is a tmpfs.

      There is no state accumulating that I didn't explicitly specify, exactly because I don't want to deal with those kind of chores.

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        In Germany "du hs" is considered an insult and I think that's beautiful.

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        selber hs °^°

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          @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted @VonReposti Cheese? That's a James May job.
          😉🧀

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          Lol, I love me some James May saying "cheese", but I was more referring to the old Futurama episode where Bender goes back to Mars University. One of his signature catchphrases in that episode is "Cheese it!"

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            I use du -hs * | sort -h

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            This tool is amazing https://github.com/KSXGitHub/parallel-disk-usage

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            • everymuffinisnowencrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zoneE [email protected]

              Lol, I love me some James May saying "cheese", but I was more referring to the old Futurama episode where Bender goes back to Mars University. One of his signature catchphrases in that episode is "Cheese it!"

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              @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted Sorry I did not get this reference. I'm not a Futurama fan. I don't know why. 🤷‍♂️

              But I know BÄÄM cheese! 😅

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                If you need a more interactive method, gdu is awesome. And if you're using btrfs, btdu gives preliminary results instantly (which get more precise over time).

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                  @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted Sorry I did not get this reference. I'm not a Futurama fan. I don't know why. 🤷‍♂️

                  But I know BÄÄM cheese! 😅

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                  It is totally valid that you are not. We all have our preferences. 🙂

                  With that being said, I don't get the "BÄÄM" reference. Hehe.

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                    And that's all, I'm happy since I was out of space.

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                    I use gdu personally

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                      Looks like the Gnome Disk Usage Analyzer but for KDE.

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                      That's a weird way to spell Baobab

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                        duf is pretty slick

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                          I'm here to promote fclones. I've used it twice and recovered over a terabyte on my NAS the last time I used it. I'm not affiliated. Hyperspace for Mac is similar (but different) and I haven't used it, but it was developed by my favorite nerd podcast host. I'm planning to test it out eventually, but the latest fclones run was only about a month ago, so it doesn't make sense to try it yet.

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                          Fclones is a great tool, but it's for finding duplicate files and replacing them with sym-/hard-/reflinks.

                          I recommend using the --cache option to make subsequent runs extremely quick.

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                          • neatobuilds@lemmy.todayN [email protected]

                            That's when you know it's time for a fresh install

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                            Do you delete all your files on a reinstall? Documents, photos, videos, games?

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                              My / is a tmpfs.

                              There is no state accumulating that I didn't explicitly specify, exactly because I don't want to deal with those kind of chores.

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                              These tools are also useful for finding large files in your home directory. E.g. I've found a large amount of Linux ISOs I didn't need anymore.

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                                dust

                                Yes, it's du in Rust + more.

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                                  Do you delete all your files on a reinstall? Documents, photos, videos, games?

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                                  I usually keep important stuff on my server but things like games and stuff I purge with the fresh install and just download the games I'm actively playing, also helps clear up any issues from installing random junk during the months between as I settle on what programs I like

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                                    Do you delete all your files on a reinstall? Documents, photos, videos, games?

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                                    Separate partitions for / and /home, save all your data, configs, etc. but you can still distrohop!

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                                    • everymuffinisnowencrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zoneE [email protected]

                                      It is totally valid that you are not. We all have our preferences. 🙂

                                      With that being said, I don't get the "BÄÄM" reference. Hehe.

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                                      @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted
                                      Its a reference to a german video clip. It was a true classic in our group. 😄
                                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxBimGxb3GI

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                                        No one showing love for ncdu around here?

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                                          @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted
                                          Its a reference to a german video clip. It was a true classic in our group. 😄
                                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxBimGxb3GI

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                                          (I don't speak German.)

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