Any way to compress game files on linux? I know that all games vary, content vary and so on, but is there any things i can look out for in like an average steam game which I can compress, and the game can still run fine, tools or programs or anything?

  • wltr@discuss.tchncs.de
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    21 days ago

    I would appreciate even not very accurate comparison just to get the idea. A brief search meanwhile showed me it’s a great idea actually. But having someone who uses that to comment would be great too. Thanks.

      • wltr@discuss.tchncs.de
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        19 days ago

        No problem, take your time. Feel free to comment on here, or in private, whatever you’re comfortable with.

        • Quazatron@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          Turns out that you have to explicitly mount btrfs with the option compress=zstd (or compress=lzo as you prefer) to get any compression done, and I was not doing that. Also, to apply compression to existing data, you have to defragment with compression enabled. Alternatively, you can create a subvolume and set the compression property.

          This explains it quite well.

          • wltr@discuss.tchncs.de
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            2 days ago

            It’s nice to have you back! Thanks for letting me know! I’m glad my curiosity triggered you to discover this thing. Net positive for both of us! :)