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Disk space gobbler

Started byGrimble <grimble@nomail.afraid.org>
First post2025-12-13 13:19 +0000
Last post2025-12-22 00:04 +0000
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  Disk space gobbler Grimble <grimble@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-12-13 13:19 +0000
    Re: Disk space gobbler Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-12-14 19:58 +1100
    Re: Disk space gobbler TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2025-12-15 08:28 -0500
      Re: Disk space gobbler William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2025-12-15 18:23 +0000
      Re: Disk space gobbler faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-12-18 08:29 +1100
      Re: Disk space gobbler faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-12-18 08:29 +1100
    Re: Disk space gobbler Grimble <grimble@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-12-19 12:47 +0000
      Re: Disk space gobbler William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2025-12-22 00:04 +0000

#27979 — Disk space gobbler

FromGrimble <grimble@nomail.afraid.org>
Date2025-12-13 13:19 +0000
SubjectDisk space gobbler
Message-ID<10hjp50$2gf9$1@dont-email.me>
I keep getting messages about my home drive running out of space. With 
the help of du and sdiff -s, I found that .cache/google-chrome/Profile 
1/Cache/Cache-Data was filling up at the rate of 260KiB every 6
seconds, connected to Chrome playing BBC radio. I listen to internet 
radio for long periods, so it's not surprising. Time to switch (back) to 
Firefox?
Bah!
-- 
Grimble
Machine 'Haydn' running Plasma 5.27.10 on 6.6.116-desktop-1.mga9 kernel.
Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64

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#27982

FromDaniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org>
Date2025-12-14 19:58 +1100
Message-ID<10hlu6s$s7r7$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#27979
On 14/12/2025 12:19 am, Grimble wrote:
> I keep getting messages about my home drive running out of space. With 
> the help of du and sdiff -s, I found that .cache/google-chrome/Profile 
> 1/Cache/Cache-Data was filling up at the rate of 260KiB every 6
> seconds, connected to Chrome playing BBC radio. I listen to internet 
> radio for long periods, so it's not surprising. Time to switch (back) to 
> Firefox?
> Bah!

Either that or stop your Radio program and empty your Cache.

Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Cache .... Clear Cache button

Then restart your radio program.
-- 
Daniel70

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#27983

FromTJ <TJ@noneofyour.business>
Date2025-12-15 08:28 -0500
Message-ID<10hp2de$1tskf$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#27979
On 2025-12-13 08:19, Grimble wrote:
> I keep getting messages about my home drive running out of space. With 
> the help of du and sdiff -s, I found that .cache/google-chrome/Profile 
> 1/Cache/Cache-Data was filling up at the rate of 260KiB every 6
> seconds, connected to Chrome playing BBC radio. I listen to internet 
> radio for long periods, so it's not surprising. Time to switch (back) to 
> Firefox?
> Bah!

Remember the days when Google's motto was supposed to be 'Don't be evil?'

They lied.

TJ

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#27984

FromWilliam Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca>
Date2025-12-15 18:23 +0000
Message-ID<10hpjn9$23bl7$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#27983
On 2025-12-15, TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> wrote:
> On 2025-12-13 08:19, Grimble wrote:
>> I keep getting messages about my home drive running out of space. With 
>> the help of du and sdiff -s, I found that .cache/google-chrome/Profile 
>> 1/Cache/Cache-Data was filling up at the rate of 260KiB every 6
>> seconds, connected to Chrome playing BBC radio. I listen to internet 
>> radio for long periods, so it's not surprising. Time to switch (back) to 
>> Firefox?
>> Bah!
>
> Remember the days when Google's motto was supposed to be 'Don't be evil?'


The above however is not evidence of that. It could equally be a mistake
or a bug. It looks like they are saving the audio in the cache (40KB/s
is the standard audio rate), and they are probably saving it until you
stop running that program. Whether that is a good thing (having the
previous and future stuff on the local system so you can easily page
back or forward-- you do not say whether these are recorded broadcasts
or live)-- withough needing to re-download load everything again), or bad (filling up your memory
probably depends on your situation or likes. 

>
> They lied.

About what? I have never seen them claim that they would not save stuff
on your disk. Just because you do not like their choice of default
behaviour does not mean either that they or evil or that they lied.


>
> TJ

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#27985

Fromfaeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org>
Date2025-12-18 08:29 +1100
Message-ID<10hv7ci$3rtuf$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#27983
On 16/12/25 00:28, TJ wrote:

> 
> Remember the days when Google's motto was supposed to be 'Don't be evil?'
> 
> They lied.
> 
> TJ

That did elicit a laugh at the time


-- 
faeychild
Running kde on 6.6.116-desktop-1.mga9 kernel.
Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64

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#27986

Fromfaeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org>
Date2025-12-18 08:29 +1100
Message-ID<10hv7co$3rtuf$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#27983
On 16/12/25 00:28, TJ wrote:

> 
> Remember the days when Google's motto was supposed to be 'Don't be evil?'
> 
> They lied.
> 
> TJ

That did elicit a laugh at the time


-- 
faeychild
Running kde on 6.6.116-desktop-1.mga9 kernel.
Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64

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#27991

FromGrimble <grimble@nomail.afraid.org>
Date2025-12-19 12:47 +0000
Message-ID<10i3hg6$15h5t$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#27979
On 13/12/2025 13:19, Grimble wrote:
> I keep getting messages about my home drive running out of space. With 
> the help of du and sdiff -s, I found that .cache/google-chrome/Profile 
> 1/Cache/Cache-Data was filling up at the rate of 260KiB every 6
> seconds, connected to Chrome playing BBC radio. I listen to internet 
> radio for long periods, so it's not surprising. Time to switch (back) to 
> Firefox?
> Bah!
Thanks for your comments. I've decided to run Chrome only when I need it.
G

-- 
Grimble
Machine 'Haydn' running Plasma 5.27.10 on 6.6.116-desktop-1.mga9 kernel.
Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64

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#27999

FromWilliam Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca>
Date2025-12-22 00:04 +0000
Message-ID<10ia1uk$34ks3$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#27991
On 2025-12-19, Grimble <grimble@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
> On 13/12/2025 13:19, Grimble wrote:
>> I keep getting messages about my home drive running out of space. With 
>> the help of du and sdiff -s, I found that .cache/google-chrome/Profile 
>> 1/Cache/Cache-Data was filling up at the rate of 260KiB every 6
>> seconds, connected to Chrome playing BBC radio. I listen to internet 
>> radio for long periods, so it's not surprising. Time to switch (back) to 
>> Firefox?
>> Bah!
> Thanks for your comments. I've decided to run Chrome only when I need it.

You could try chromium instead. Alternatively as kludge run a crontab
which empies the cache evry minute or so of the bbc radio caches.
> G
>

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