HubertManne comments on [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.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

Never really had the need. My linux install already takes up way less space than my old windows one so I have much more space.

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[+] vortexal@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

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[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago

Probably been mentioned already, but ZFS and BTRFS have options for full disk compression. Though there is cpu overhead with higher compression settings.

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[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago (1 child)

running games on old storage devices that hold less than 32 GB and have terrible read and write speeds.

I'm confused. How about copying that to newer storage devices?

Also typically game assets are VERY well compressed so I would suggest doing a comparison with/without compression before a full on migration. Compression tools help but aren't magical. If your assets are e.g. .jpg or .mp4 or .mp3 or a combination of that (as typically game assets are, including 3D models with their textures) then you can test yourself to .zip them (or bzip2 or whatever you prefer) and you will seem some gains but they'll be nearly negligible, e.g. < 10% reduction.

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[+] vortexal@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

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[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 1 point 6 months ago

You don't have to share your personal situation and I'm sorry to read that you are struggling. My point isn't to argue that you must do like everyone else or that consumerism is good, rather than in the typical case (not a lot of time, hardware getting cheaper of the year, game assets being compressed already) switching to newer hardware is a much much more convenient solution. That's why I warned about it.