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What's the oldest thing in your downloads directory and how old is it? (programming.dev)

submitted 2 months ago by riskable@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago

I also like doing it this way because then I'm my own archive of old software installers. So if a new version comes out busted, run the old installer! Doesn't always help if it's internet connected, but it's nice to have something.

And I think even my vast amount of history is maybe only 100GB on my backup HDD, if it's larger it's from occasional random large files lol.