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A screenshot of a file manager preview window for my ~/.cache folder, which takes up 164.3 GiB and has 246,049 files and 15,126 folders. The folder was first created about 1.75 years ago with my system

  • neonred@lemmy.world
    392·
    7 months ago

    Because of excessive RAM I symlink ~/.cache to /tmp. Additionally installing zramswap helps for this scenario.

    Benefits are faster access, automatc purging between reboots and no wear to the NMVe drive.

    Yes, this is a single user scenario.

    • Daniel Quinn@lemmy.caEnglish
      11·
      7 months ago

      Isn’t most of what’s in there just filters downloaded from the internet? Python packages, browser cache, etc? Your system confirms you to redownloading everything all the time, no?

    • glibg10b@lemmy.ml
      8·
      7 months ago

      This seems like a filename conflict waiting to happen. Why not just mount a tmpfs there?

      • neonred@lemmy.world
        4·
        7 months ago

        Like I said it’s a cheap solution for a single user system. Ofc tmpfs would be better but has to be done for every user again

        • glibg10b@lemmy.ml
          3·
          7 months ago

          You: It’s a single user system
          Also you: Tmpfs would have to be done for every user

          And a /tmp/ symlink would have to be created for every user too, so I don’t get your point

          Tmpfs is just as easy as making a symlink, but without the filename conflicts between files in ~/.config/ and /tmp/. You just need to add a line to /etc/fstab