I'm noticing a big discrepancy in my disk usage. Dolphin shows I'm using about 370GB, but when I check with ncdu, it only accounts for around 300GB. I can't recall installing anything that could take up an extra 70GB. I did attempt to install PS Remote Play, but I canceled it after using protontricks and switched to winetricks, which did work. Still, that shouldn't be more than 6GB at most. I'm using Cachy OS, and I'm puzzled about what's going on. Any ideas?
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Another useful command might be `df -hl`. It gives you a good overview of disk space usage. Also, I sometimes use qdirstat for a visual breakdown of what's taking space on my drives.
Try using FileLight to pinpoint what's taking up space. It's a pretty cool tool for visualizing disk usage, and it might help you track down that missing 60-70GB.
Have you checked if you're using BTRFS or ZFS with snapshots? Those can sometimes hold onto space that isn't reflected when checking it in a more conventional way.
Ncdu is usually faster and more straightforward if you're comfortable with the command line. Just a different approach!