Visualize sorted storage volume use

Question

My desktop storage capacity reaches its limit.

How can I visualize my storage partition between files and apps (Android-like) to efficiently dig into the heaviest files?

Try look at: https://askubuntu.com/questions/17467/what-is-taking-up-so-much-space-on-my-disk-beside-the-filesystem — Soren A, Feb 06 '18 at 14:36

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 06 '18 at 16:33

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There are a few ways to do this, including du. A common graphical tool you can use is Baobab.

edited Feb 06 '18 at 16:33

ThunderBird

answered Feb 06 '18 at 14:37

Alex

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Another way to make use of [Baobab] is to open your terminal and type gksudo baobab. – ThunderBird Feb 06 '18 at 15:37

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 06 '18 at 15:30

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I prefer use this command line :

du -sh /home/user/*

The result show you the different children with the used space disk. You can of course changer the path with what you want to scan (/var, /opt, ...)

answered Feb 06 '18 at 15:30

Mithrandir Ben

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