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how much storage space does an immutable Distro need in the long run?
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It depends on where that storage was used. Some details would be useful.
At its core, you shouldn't need to keep any previous layers than the one you're using for the OS.
You also technically don't need snapshots for anything but your personal file space.
Linux mint 240 SSD is free 152 GB. The SSD includes home directory(28 GB) and Swap file(17 GB)
I have an 500 GB HDD that has 20 GB important files. I plan on keeping a copy on the 240 SSD and want the immutable allow twice that sizes(40 GB).
I don't plan on playing any games but i do plan on trying out some video and photo editing, nothing too big.
Okay, but give a little look into where your disk is using space.
du -hsc /And work from there.
I keep getting "No such file or directory" and " Permission denied" on directories "/pro" and "/run". I am assuming those are the partitions of the HDD, either way, i got 193 GB but its not down broken down into sections. i am also wondering if it counted the HDD storage space in the total storage used.
Linux mint does have Disk Usage Analyzer where i got the storage spaced breakdown from. the size of / directory is 117 GB, 48 of which is Timeshift snapshots, so 67 GB of used space out of 240 GB SSD.