Navigating folder size estimates on Fedora 42 can be a bit tricky.
Navigating folder size estimates on Fedora 42 can be a bit tricky.
Hey there, just thinking about it. On Windows I really liked WizTree for seeing folder and file sizes on my drives. On Linux I used Filelight and gnome disk usage analyzer, but the interface felt less intuitive compared to WizTree. Recently I noticed some folders showed different sizes across the apps, and it also varied from what Dolphin displayed in folder properties. That’s got me curious: 1) Why does this happen? I’m not sure what the reason is. 2) Do you have any suggestions for disk usage apps with a similar look and feel to WizTree? I’d prefer something with clear visuals, like the radial graphs in WizTree or WinDirStat.
Yea, typical flatpak thing. Flatpak updates can also be fun too, I have had it report wild inaccurate download sizes of 300GB+ only for it to download like a few megabytes and be done in seconds. if you want to know installed sizes of flatpak apps/components and thier versions then use this terminal command flatpak list --columns=ref,size
It definitely looks like a flatpak solution, while other options seem to work well. Still curious about why the three sources differ so much. Also, I attempted to start WizTree inside Bottles, but it doesn’t seem to handle Linux file systems properly. It’s having trouble reporting the right size for certain .so files and treats symlinks like real files.
In addition to everything, we turn on Btrfs compression automatically. Since Btrfs works as a "copy-on-write" filesystem, moving a file to a different location within the same volume doesn’t increase storage usage. This means tools that aren’t designed for Btrfs are essentially making assumptions. Running `btrfs filesystem du .` from the command line gives the most accurate picture of the situation.
These specific disks use ext4, I haven't experimented with Btrfs yet. Also, I haven't relocated my other storage devices away from Ntfs. By the way, it's nice to see you here on the forum! I switched to Fedora after you left the PL role, but as a recent Windows user, I find it the most convenient and welcoming distro for regular drives.