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Graphing disk usage

Credit: https://github.com/bexxmodd/vizex

With ever-expanding disk capacities and fast dropping prices, you would think that checking disk space usage was an activity of a bygone era. While this might be true for casual home users who run a tight ship, if you’re running an install-and-forget rolling-release distribution such as Arch, Gentoo or the like, you must keep an eye on disk space usage lest you find yourself out of storage room.

Linux distributions boast a number of graphical and text utilities that help you keep an eye on disk space. For regular users of the command line, and are among the is just the right tool for you.

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