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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
    30•2 years 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
      English
      9•2 years 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
      7•2 years ago

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

      • @neonred@lemmy.world
        4•2 years 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
          3•2 years 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