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[solved] Does Linux have an equivalent to "Compress contents to save disk space" from Windows? I don't need it to save space, just please read the full post before commenting. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by vortexal@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] dabu@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

There's an interesting project called DwarFS. I have it on my todolist to check it out but as I understand it you basically create a compressed read-only archive that is mountable and readable just like any other disk - https://github.com/mhx/dwarfs . Maybe this is something for your use case?

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 6 months ago

Funnily enough it's often used in the pirate scene to distribute games. But only as archives.

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[–] dabu@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

Unfortunately I haven't tested it so I cannot fully advise on that but I have seen some "repacks" on the high seas where a whole wine prefix with a game already installed was compressed to a single dwar which you can mount and play with configs and saves in your ~.