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30GB+ used on freash Arch install+KDE? Why? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by ColdWater@lemmy.ca to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

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[–] remram@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Keep in mind that a part of the filesystem will be reserved on creation. Here if I create a completely empty ext4 filesystem with:

truncate -s 230G /tmp/img
mkfs.ext4 /tmp/img
mount /tmp/img /mnt

lemmy:	0.19.20
mlmym (mschae):	26.3.4