btop++ show different reading than DUA
btop++ show different reading than DUA
I'm using EndeavourOS. I installed btop++ as well as Disk Usage Analyzer. Both give me different disk space information.
I know I don't have 60gb worth of files on my system for sure, DUA confirms that. How can I get btop++ to read the correct disk space usage?
It seems like one is showing GiB and the other GB, which are two different units.
KB = 1000B KiB = 1024B
Which doesn't seem significant but it adds up.
7 2 ReplyI'd like to add that GB is pronounced Gigabyte, and GiB is pronounced Gibibyte. For the full list of units you can check this
4 0 ReplyIt’s not this significant (3x). it should be closer to 7%. My guess is that OP is using something like btrfs, whose data used is calculated differently due to the CoW nature, and btop++ is using using a generic tool to estimate disk usage rather than the btrfs utility that DUA is almost certainly using.
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GiB vs GB, but it shouldn't be that much difference at a really cursory look.
2 0 ReplyI tried to vim into the config file to change GiG to GB but I didn't find the option.
1 0 ReplyYou're probably stuck with whatever it's telling you.
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@Digester
Search DuckDuckGo (or google) for “854GiB to GB”. The result will show 916.9755GB. It’s the units difference.1 0 Reply