My linux partision fills up like crazy, how to counter this problem

[diehardman]

I have tried all possible methods of cleaning up the system.

I have removed any orphans, removed all cache from web browsers and other applications (expect firedragon, i need the cache)

All my applications are necessary, but they previous had more than 22gb , now its almost 13gb left in 44 gb partition.

Please any tips or way to save some space or remove something, my OS is Gardua Dragonized (non gaming edition)

[jonathon]

1. Clean your package cache
2. Prune old snapshots

[diehardman]

how do i purge my old snapshots?

[dbarron]

Consider buying a drive, they're not expensive (either HD or SSD). That's by far the easiest and most permanent solution.

[filo]

In the Timeshift application -> Delete button

[diehardman]

laptop, : (

[filo]

I see it’s solved now
I think this could be a good time to check your sudo btrfs filesystem usage /
and, if necessary, balance.
I leave you a couple of posts I bookmarked long ago to start reading how it works:

Btrfs and balance

To find out whether you need to run balance, just have a close look at the output of sudo btrfs filesystem usage /path Overall: Device size: 476.44GiB Device allocated: 252.04GiB Device unallocated: 224.40GiB Device missing: 0.00B Used: 224.00GiB Free (estimated): 250.86GiB And compare the difference between "unallocated" and "free", and "allocated" and "used". Snapshots can play a big part in this. The higher the difference, the more it i…

And how to do it (I suggest not to go for a full balance with the Garuda assistant):

Load over the CPU is too High | SLOW Response | Freezing | Hang | Crash

If this is related to BTRFS snapshots then I wonder whether a "gentle" balance (e.g. -dusage=50 -musage=50) might be a candidate for a systemd timer. Basic initial script: #!/usr/bin/bash for _mount in $(mount | grep btrfs | cut -d' ' -f3); do btrfs filesystem balance start -dusage=50 -musage=50 "$_mount" done

[Naman]

Wait, where is the problem?

Actually, @diehardman , you shouldn't be worried at all. This space will fill, only upto 5 snapshots by default. Then on, there won't be any crazy filling of space.

So, just take a deep breath and keep calm. You should be concerned only if 3 to 4 GB is left.

[diehardman]

@filo

sudo btrfs filesystem usage /

[diehardman]

it usually devolves to filling with 5 or 6 gb left in the end, i deleted my last garuda dragonized system due to this reason, its perfect distro for me as i spend 5 hours setting up my os and customizing it.

[filo]

No screenshot, please, just text, formatted with 3 ~ before and after.
In my opinion, it's high time to balance ("compare the difference between "unallocated" and "free", and "allocated" and "used"").

[diehardman]

Overall:
Device size:                  44.88GiB
Device allocated:             31.80GiB
Device unallocated:           13.09GiB
Device missing:                  0.00B
Used:                         23.59GiB
Free (estimated):             19.97GiB      (min: 19.97GiB)
Free (statfs, df):            19.97GiB
Data ratio:                       1.00
Metadata ratio:                   1.00
Global reserve:               61.25MiB      (used: 0.00B)
Multiple profiles:                  no

Data,single: Size:30.01GiB, Used:23.13GiB (77.07%)
/dev/nvme0n1p4         30.01GiB

Metadata,single: Size:1.76GiB, Used:475.20MiB (26.40%)
/dev/nvme0n1p4          1.76GiB

System,single: Size:32.00MiB, Used:16.00KiB (0.05%)
/dev/nvme0n1p4         32.00MiB

Unallocated:
/dev/nvme0n1p4         13.09GiB

[diehardman]

why is the 13GB unallocated? and how do i allocate it?

[filo]

If / when you want to go into details, ref. e.g.:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Btrfs
https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#How_much_free_space_do_I_have.3F