I freed 30GB using Filelight

[everymuffinisnowencrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

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!"

[bcsven@lemmy.ca]

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

[Guest]

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

But I know BÄÄM cheese!

[chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de]

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).

[everymuffinisnowencrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

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.

[Guest]

I use gdu personally

[caseyweederman@lemmy.ca]

That's a weird way to spell Baobab

[caseyweederman@lemmy.ca]

duf is pretty slick

[chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de]

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.

[chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de]

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

[chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de]

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.

[beeng@discuss.tchncs.de]

dust

Yes, it's du in Rust + more.

[neatobuilds@lemmy.today]

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

[swab148@startrek.website]

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

[Guest]

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

[Guest]

No one showing love for ncdu around here?

[everymuffinisnowencrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

 

(I don't speak German.)

[avidamoeba@lemmy.ca]

Sir, this is not Windows.

[dev_null@lemmy.ml]

The joke goes rm -fr, which stands for "remove french".
Yours would has double "remove".

[tomenzgg@midwest.social]

I've really enjoyed ncdu (for those looking for a non-GUI option).