I made my screenshots autosave to tmpfs
I take screenshots a lot using Spectacle, so I set my default save location to /run/user/1000/screenshots and made it autosave and copy to clipboard.
Since /run/user/1000/ is a tmpfs, it gets wiped on reboot, it doesn't write to my SSD, and unlike /tmp/ it's inaccessible by other users. I think it's really convenient!
Anyone else doing this? I also often download zip files to /run/user/1000/screenshots so I can extract and delete the zip file without wasting SSD writes lol.
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I like to save my screenshots in case they become relevant, like so:
"Relevant" comes from "relief" and somehow it's exactly what your screenshot conveys. Pertinent.
If anyone's wondering, it's a frame of the music video for A$AP Rocky's "Tailor Swif"
neat, thanks for sharing the idea
It uses RAM, though. And if I'm not mistaken, it could write to swap file. But I guess it's not an issue with screenshots unless one doesn't make million of those without deleting them.
yea it does, but it's pretty minimal
mine is at 3.7 MB with 23 png files (I always use the rectangle select, not full screenshot)
That's worth at least $100 with current RAM prices 😜
How did you do that? Is there a configuration option in the GUI?
yea, in Spectacle click the Options, Configure Spectacle
in General, check "Save file to default folder"
and in Image Saving, set the Save Location
Nice, thanks!
Because /tmp/ is accessible by any user
Don't the screenshots get saved with your user as the owner? The only real difference is that other users can list your screenshots in
/tmpafaict.I'd rather leave things as default when possible, /tmp/ being the public tmpfs and /run/user/1000/ being the private tmpfs