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I freed 30GB using Filelight

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  • S [email protected]

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

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

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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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                    • neatobuilds@lemmy.todayN [email protected]

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

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                      Sir, this is not Windows.

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                      • mrsoup@lemmy.zipM [email protected]

                        I recommend it too. It's simple as doing:

                        sudo rm -rf /
                        

                        Where "-rf" obviously stands for "remove french".

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

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                          Basically, just using gtk instead of Qt 😛

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

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                            dust

                            Yes, it's du in Rust + more.

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                            I have to remember to check this out. its on my reminders in my self host calendar but its been offline fpr quite some time after moving.

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

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                              The following NEW packages will be installed:
                              filelight gamin kded5 kio kwayland-data kwayland-integration libdbusmenu-qt5-2 libgamin0 libhfstospell11 libkf5auth-data libkf5authcore5 libkf5codecs-data libkf5codecs5 libkf5completion-data libkf5completion5 libkf5config-bin libkf5config-data libkf5configcore5 libkf5configgui5
                              libkf5configwidgets-data libkf5configwidgets5 libkf5coreaddons-data libkf5coreaddons5 libkf5crash5 libkf5dbusaddons-bin libkf5dbusaddons-data libkf5dbusaddons5 libkf5doctools5 libkf5globalaccel-bin libkf5globalaccel-data libkf5globalaccel5 libkf5globalaccelprivate5
                              libkf5guiaddons-bin libkf5guiaddons-data libkf5guiaddons5 libkf5i18n-data libkf5i18n5 libkf5iconthemes-bin libkf5iconthemes-data libkf5iconthemes5 libkf5idletime5 libkf5itemviews-data libkf5itemviews5 libkf5jobwidgets-data libkf5jobwidgets5 libkf5kiocore5 libkf5kiogui5
                              libkf5kiontlm5 libkf5kiowidgets5 libkf5notifications-data libkf5notifications5 libkf5service-bin libkf5service-data libkf5service5 libkf5solid5 libkf5solid5-data libkf5sonnet5-data libkf5sonnetcore5 libkf5sonnetui5 libkf5textwidgets-data libkf5textwidgets5 libkf5wallet-bin
                              libkf5wallet-data libkf5wallet5 libkf5waylandclient5 libkf5widgetsaddons-data libkf5widgetsaddons5 libkf5windowsystem-data libkf5windowsystem5 libkf5xmlgui-bin libkf5xmlgui-data libkf5xmlgui5 libkwalletbackend5-5 libpolkit-qt5-1-1 libqt5texttospeech5 libqt5waylandclient5
                              libqt5waylandcompositor5 libvoikko1 qtspeech5-speechd-plugin qtwayland5 sonnet-plugins
                              0 upgraded, 81 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

                              A bit too much to just install one soft. Hard pass.

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                                The following NEW packages will be installed:
                                filelight gamin kded5 kio kwayland-data kwayland-integration libdbusmenu-qt5-2 libgamin0 libhfstospell11 libkf5auth-data libkf5authcore5 libkf5codecs-data libkf5codecs5 libkf5completion-data libkf5completion5 libkf5config-bin libkf5config-data libkf5configcore5 libkf5configgui5
                                libkf5configwidgets-data libkf5configwidgets5 libkf5coreaddons-data libkf5coreaddons5 libkf5crash5 libkf5dbusaddons-bin libkf5dbusaddons-data libkf5dbusaddons5 libkf5doctools5 libkf5globalaccel-bin libkf5globalaccel-data libkf5globalaccel5 libkf5globalaccelprivate5
                                libkf5guiaddons-bin libkf5guiaddons-data libkf5guiaddons5 libkf5i18n-data libkf5i18n5 libkf5iconthemes-bin libkf5iconthemes-data libkf5iconthemes5 libkf5idletime5 libkf5itemviews-data libkf5itemviews5 libkf5jobwidgets-data libkf5jobwidgets5 libkf5kiocore5 libkf5kiogui5
                                libkf5kiontlm5 libkf5kiowidgets5 libkf5notifications-data libkf5notifications5 libkf5service-bin libkf5service-data libkf5service5 libkf5solid5 libkf5solid5-data libkf5sonnet5-data libkf5sonnetcore5 libkf5sonnetui5 libkf5textwidgets-data libkf5textwidgets5 libkf5wallet-bin
                                libkf5wallet-data libkf5wallet5 libkf5waylandclient5 libkf5widgetsaddons-data libkf5widgetsaddons5 libkf5windowsystem-data libkf5windowsystem5 libkf5xmlgui-bin libkf5xmlgui-data libkf5xmlgui5 libkwalletbackend5-5 libpolkit-qt5-1-1 libqt5texttospeech5 libqt5waylandclient5
                                libqt5waylandcompositor5 libvoikko1 qtspeech5-speechd-plugin qtwayland5 sonnet-plugins
                                0 upgraded, 81 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

                                A bit too much to just install one soft. Hard pass.

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                                Lol I had no idea it relied on so much. Its just built into KDE. Really great app overall.

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

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                                  Those are rookie numbers.

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                                  • avidamoeba@lemmy.caA [email protected]

                                    Sir, this is not Windows.

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                                    I'm still pretty new to Linux so I break stuff pretty often, like recently I was trying to get opencl working with my amd gpu and I ended up causing every video I played to stutter constantly.

                                    And I've been trying out new software to control fans or rgb and following guides making me enter commands until I figure out something that works I note it down so when I do a fresh install again I can easily configure it without all the trial and error etc and install only the software I found that I liked

                                    That plus distro hopping

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                                    • C [email protected]

                                      That's a weird way to spell Baobab

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                                      To be fair Baobab is a weird way to spell Baobab

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                                      • C [email protected]

                                        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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                                        I'm getting old...KISS!

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                                          dust

                                          Yes, it's du in Rust + more.

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                                          Came to recommend du-dust!

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