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I have just installed Ubuntu 22.04, done update, installed NVIDIA and Bluetooth driver, installed Chrome, and removed snap, that's all.

But, when I opened the + Other Locations section in Files and saw my root partition (Computer), I noticed that 21.2 GB out of the total capacity of 65.2 GB had been used. This is the screenshot of my root (/) directory Properties (I separate root (/) and home (/home) in a different partition):

root directory properties

What made my root partition filled up to 21,2 GB with just minor changes after installing? What should I do? Or, is it normal?

BeastOfCaerbannog
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Gabriel Dylan
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    The recommend minimum size for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (in fact all releases since and including Ubuntu 17.10) is 25GB, so your disk usage is still below the recommend minimum. Our own usage will dictate what size we need; I'm a user who adds many apps (ie. bloats my system down with software) thus I need more than 25GB. It's not just the apps themselves, but app package format that influences the disk space required. Many can survive on small systems (esp. where everything is cloud based) but don't forget 25GB is the recommended minimum for a Desktop install. – guiverc Feb 07 '23 at 04:59
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    It surprises me, I expected some 10GB maybe. Try "baobab" - a disk usage imager and report it here – kanehekili Feb 07 '23 at 07:53
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    Does this answer your question? No more disk space: How can I find what is taking up the space? – Artur Meinild Feb 07 '23 at 08:11
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    @David The screenshot here very much helps visualize the issue. Please don't remove screenshots from posts when they add context or add visual help. – BeastOfCaerbannog Feb 07 '23 at 09:00
  • In Artur link is ncdu which I highly recommend and use. You have to install it. Makes it a lot easier to use du type command. – oldfred Feb 07 '23 at 14:26

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