yesman@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 27 days agoIn a universe of enshitification, Linux is one of the few things that consistently gets better.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up1837arrow-down118
arrow-up1819arrow-down1imageIn a universe of enshitification, Linux is one of the few things that consistently gets better.lemmy.worldyesman@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 27 days agomessage-square174fedilink
minus-squareagentTeiko@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up172·27 days agoThe best one is where the install size is negative that peak joy.
minus-squareAJMaxwell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up42·edit-227 days agoI’m glad I’m not alone in this joy
minus-squareRustyNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·27 days agoI love looking at my NixOs rebuild result (using nh) and seeing -50MB. … Then I remember I’m on nixos and it doesn’t matter much
minus-squareatopi@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·26 days agoDo you not remove older versions? How much memory are you using?
minus-squareRustyNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·26 days agoI do remove older versions, but I set the auto GC to do it at 5% storage remaining, so it doesn’t matter that the update is lighter, I actually increased the storage usage. I also use bees to dedupe the nix store so I cannot say the raw size
minus-squareatopi@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoIts possible to set it to do it when a set amount of storage is occupied?
minus-squareRustyNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·26 days agoIt’s possible if you know the size of the disk. Here’s the docs https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Storage_optimization#Garbage_collection
The best one is where the install size is negative that peak joy.
I’m glad I’m not alone in this joy
I love looking at my NixOs rebuild result (using nh) and seeing -50MB.
… Then I remember I’m on nixos and it doesn’t matter much
Do you not remove older versions? How much memory are you using?
I do remove older versions, but I set the auto GC to do it at 5% storage remaining, so it doesn’t matter that the update is lighter, I actually increased the storage usage.
I also use bees to dedupe the nix store so I cannot say the raw size
Its possible to set it to do it when a set amount of storage is occupied?
It’s possible if you know the size of the disk. Here’s the docs https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Storage_optimization#Garbage_collection
And the system gets quicker!