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I'm getting back into learning linux, and I'm trying to interpret why the results of my df command are so complicated and strange. The GUI says that I have 688.6/735.8 GB available, which is found on line 7. What is /dev/loop/, and why is there so much relative space allocated there? Are all tmpfs temp file systems? Why is there so much on that as well?



I have two other hard drives in this desktop but they aren't listed here.



Filesystem                  1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
sysfs 0 0 0 - /sys
proc 0 0 0 - /proc
udev 7133472 0 7133472 0% /dev
devpts 0 0 0 - /dev/pts
tmpfs 1431220 1952 1429268 1% /run
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root 718506152 9443072 672495224 2% /
securityfs 0 0 0 - /sys/kernel/security
tmpfs 7156088 52492 7103596 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 7156088 0 7156088 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/unified
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd
pstore 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/pstore
efivarfs 0 0 0 - /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/pids
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/rdma
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/devices
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/memory
systemd-1 0 0 0 - /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
mqueue 0 0 0 - /dev/mqueue
debugfs 0 0 0 - /sys/kernel/debug
hugetlbfs 0 0 0 - /dev/hugepages
fusectl 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/fuse/connections
configfs 0 0 0 - /sys/kernel/config
/dev/loop0 14976 14976 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/45
/dev/loop4 3840 3840 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/57
/dev/loop8 13312 13312 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/139
/dev/loop11 2304 2304 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/260
/dev/loop12 2432 2432 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/180
/dev/loop1 13312 13312 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/103
/dev/loop3 35584 35584 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/319
/dev/loop5 4224 4224 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/352
/dev/loop6 3840 3840 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/51
/dev/loop7 144128 144128 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/74
/dev/loop9 15104 15104 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/206
/dev/loop10 144128 144128 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/82
/dev/loop18 35456 35456 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/818
/dev/loop21 36224 36224 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1198
/dev/loop13 93312 93312 0 100% /snap/core/6259
/dev/loop14 1024 1024 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/57
/dev/loop2 144384 144384 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/70
/dev/loop15 93312 93312 0 100% /snap/core/6531
/dev/loop16 55040 55040 0 100% /snap/core18/782
/dev/loop17 93184 93184 0 100% /snap/core/6350
/dev/loop19 146944 146944 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/23
/dev/loop20 3840 3840 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/70
/dev/loop22 14848 14848 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/37
/dev/loop23 207232 207232 0 100% /snap/vlc/770
/dev/sdb1 523248 10844 512404 3% /boot/efi
tmpfs 1431216 36 1431180 1% /run/user/1000
gvfsd-fuse 0 0 0 - /run/user/1000/gvfs









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  • See askubuntu.com/q/906581/367990 about the loop devices - they belong to your installed snap applications and are virtual file systems to isolate those. Their storage is backed by your disk. Tmpfs are virtual file systems that reside in your RAM (therefore temporary, as they vanish when you shut down). Their maximum size is half of your RAM by default, but they only occupy the "Used" part, they don't reserve free RAM.

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I'm getting back into learning linux, and I'm trying to interpret why the results of my df command are so complicated and strange. The GUI says that I have 688.6/735.8 GB available, which is found on line 7. What is /dev/loop/, and why is there so much relative space allocated there? Are all tmpfs temp file systems? Why is there so much on that as well?



I have two other hard drives in this desktop but they aren't listed here.



Filesystem                  1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
sysfs 0 0 0 - /sys
proc 0 0 0 - /proc
udev 7133472 0 7133472 0% /dev
devpts 0 0 0 - /dev/pts
tmpfs 1431220 1952 1429268 1% /run
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root 718506152 9443072 672495224 2% /
securityfs 0 0 0 - /sys/kernel/security
tmpfs 7156088 52492 7103596 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 7156088 0 7156088 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/unified
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd
pstore 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/pstore
efivarfs 0 0 0 - /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/pids
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/rdma
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/devices
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/memory
systemd-1 0 0 0 - /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
mqueue 0 0 0 - /dev/mqueue
debugfs 0 0 0 - /sys/kernel/debug
hugetlbfs 0 0 0 - /dev/hugepages
fusectl 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/fuse/connections
configfs 0 0 0 - /sys/kernel/config
/dev/loop0 14976 14976 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/45
/dev/loop4 3840 3840 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/57
/dev/loop8 13312 13312 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/139
/dev/loop11 2304 2304 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/260
/dev/loop12 2432 2432 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/180
/dev/loop1 13312 13312 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/103
/dev/loop3 35584 35584 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/319
/dev/loop5 4224 4224 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/352
/dev/loop6 3840 3840 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/51
/dev/loop7 144128 144128 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/74
/dev/loop9 15104 15104 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/206
/dev/loop10 144128 144128 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/82
/dev/loop18 35456 35456 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/818
/dev/loop21 36224 36224 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1198
/dev/loop13 93312 93312 0 100% /snap/core/6259
/dev/loop14 1024 1024 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/57
/dev/loop2 144384 144384 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/70
/dev/loop15 93312 93312 0 100% /snap/core/6531
/dev/loop16 55040 55040 0 100% /snap/core18/782
/dev/loop17 93184 93184 0 100% /snap/core/6350
/dev/loop19 146944 146944 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/23
/dev/loop20 3840 3840 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/70
/dev/loop22 14848 14848 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/37
/dev/loop23 207232 207232 0 100% /snap/vlc/770
/dev/sdb1 523248 10844 512404 3% /boot/efi
tmpfs 1431216 36 1431180 1% /run/user/1000
gvfsd-fuse 0 0 0 - /run/user/1000/gvfs









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  • See askubuntu.com/q/906581/367990 about the loop devices - they belong to your installed snap applications and are virtual file systems to isolate those. Their storage is backed by your disk. Tmpfs are virtual file systems that reside in your RAM (therefore temporary, as they vanish when you shut down). Their maximum size is half of your RAM by default, but they only occupy the "Used" part, they don't reserve free RAM.

    – Byte Commander
    9 mins ago














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I'm getting back into learning linux, and I'm trying to interpret why the results of my df command are so complicated and strange. The GUI says that I have 688.6/735.8 GB available, which is found on line 7. What is /dev/loop/, and why is there so much relative space allocated there? Are all tmpfs temp file systems? Why is there so much on that as well?



I have two other hard drives in this desktop but they aren't listed here.



Filesystem                  1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
sysfs 0 0 0 - /sys
proc 0 0 0 - /proc
udev 7133472 0 7133472 0% /dev
devpts 0 0 0 - /dev/pts
tmpfs 1431220 1952 1429268 1% /run
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root 718506152 9443072 672495224 2% /
securityfs 0 0 0 - /sys/kernel/security
tmpfs 7156088 52492 7103596 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 7156088 0 7156088 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/unified
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd
pstore 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/pstore
efivarfs 0 0 0 - /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/pids
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/rdma
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/devices
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/memory
systemd-1 0 0 0 - /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
mqueue 0 0 0 - /dev/mqueue
debugfs 0 0 0 - /sys/kernel/debug
hugetlbfs 0 0 0 - /dev/hugepages
fusectl 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/fuse/connections
configfs 0 0 0 - /sys/kernel/config
/dev/loop0 14976 14976 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/45
/dev/loop4 3840 3840 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/57
/dev/loop8 13312 13312 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/139
/dev/loop11 2304 2304 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/260
/dev/loop12 2432 2432 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/180
/dev/loop1 13312 13312 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/103
/dev/loop3 35584 35584 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/319
/dev/loop5 4224 4224 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/352
/dev/loop6 3840 3840 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/51
/dev/loop7 144128 144128 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/74
/dev/loop9 15104 15104 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/206
/dev/loop10 144128 144128 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/82
/dev/loop18 35456 35456 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/818
/dev/loop21 36224 36224 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1198
/dev/loop13 93312 93312 0 100% /snap/core/6259
/dev/loop14 1024 1024 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/57
/dev/loop2 144384 144384 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/70
/dev/loop15 93312 93312 0 100% /snap/core/6531
/dev/loop16 55040 55040 0 100% /snap/core18/782
/dev/loop17 93184 93184 0 100% /snap/core/6350
/dev/loop19 146944 146944 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/23
/dev/loop20 3840 3840 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/70
/dev/loop22 14848 14848 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/37
/dev/loop23 207232 207232 0 100% /snap/vlc/770
/dev/sdb1 523248 10844 512404 3% /boot/efi
tmpfs 1431216 36 1431180 1% /run/user/1000
gvfsd-fuse 0 0 0 - /run/user/1000/gvfs









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I'm getting back into learning linux, and I'm trying to interpret why the results of my df command are so complicated and strange. The GUI says that I have 688.6/735.8 GB available, which is found on line 7. What is /dev/loop/, and why is there so much relative space allocated there? Are all tmpfs temp file systems? Why is there so much on that as well?



I have two other hard drives in this desktop but they aren't listed here.



Filesystem                  1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
sysfs 0 0 0 - /sys
proc 0 0 0 - /proc
udev 7133472 0 7133472 0% /dev
devpts 0 0 0 - /dev/pts
tmpfs 1431220 1952 1429268 1% /run
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root 718506152 9443072 672495224 2% /
securityfs 0 0 0 - /sys/kernel/security
tmpfs 7156088 52492 7103596 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 7156088 0 7156088 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/unified
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd
pstore 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/pstore
efivarfs 0 0 0 - /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/pids
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/rdma
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/devices
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event
cgroup 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/cgroup/memory
systemd-1 0 0 0 - /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
mqueue 0 0 0 - /dev/mqueue
debugfs 0 0 0 - /sys/kernel/debug
hugetlbfs 0 0 0 - /dev/hugepages
fusectl 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/fuse/connections
configfs 0 0 0 - /sys/kernel/config
/dev/loop0 14976 14976 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/45
/dev/loop4 3840 3840 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/57
/dev/loop8 13312 13312 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/139
/dev/loop11 2304 2304 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/260
/dev/loop12 2432 2432 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/180
/dev/loop1 13312 13312 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/103
/dev/loop3 35584 35584 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/319
/dev/loop5 4224 4224 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/352
/dev/loop6 3840 3840 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/51
/dev/loop7 144128 144128 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/74
/dev/loop9 15104 15104 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/206
/dev/loop10 144128 144128 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/82
/dev/loop18 35456 35456 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/818
/dev/loop21 36224 36224 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1198
/dev/loop13 93312 93312 0 100% /snap/core/6259
/dev/loop14 1024 1024 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/57
/dev/loop2 144384 144384 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/70
/dev/loop15 93312 93312 0 100% /snap/core/6531
/dev/loop16 55040 55040 0 100% /snap/core18/782
/dev/loop17 93184 93184 0 100% /snap/core/6350
/dev/loop19 146944 146944 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/23
/dev/loop20 3840 3840 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/70
/dev/loop22 14848 14848 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/37
/dev/loop23 207232 207232 0 100% /snap/vlc/770
/dev/sdb1 523248 10844 512404 3% /boot/efi
tmpfs 1431216 36 1431180 1% /run/user/1000
gvfsd-fuse 0 0 0 - /run/user/1000/gvfs






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  • See askubuntu.com/q/906581/367990 about the loop devices - they belong to your installed snap applications and are virtual file systems to isolate those. Their storage is backed by your disk. Tmpfs are virtual file systems that reside in your RAM (therefore temporary, as they vanish when you shut down). Their maximum size is half of your RAM by default, but they only occupy the "Used" part, they don't reserve free RAM.

    – Byte Commander
    9 mins ago



















  • See askubuntu.com/q/906581/367990 about the loop devices - they belong to your installed snap applications and are virtual file systems to isolate those. Their storage is backed by your disk. Tmpfs are virtual file systems that reside in your RAM (therefore temporary, as they vanish when you shut down). Their maximum size is half of your RAM by default, but they only occupy the "Used" part, they don't reserve free RAM.

    – Byte Commander
    9 mins ago

















See askubuntu.com/q/906581/367990 about the loop devices - they belong to your installed snap applications and are virtual file systems to isolate those. Their storage is backed by your disk. Tmpfs are virtual file systems that reside in your RAM (therefore temporary, as they vanish when you shut down). Their maximum size is half of your RAM by default, but they only occupy the "Used" part, they don't reserve free RAM.

– Byte Commander
9 mins ago





See askubuntu.com/q/906581/367990 about the loop devices - they belong to your installed snap applications and are virtual file systems to isolate those. Their storage is backed by your disk. Tmpfs are virtual file systems that reside in your RAM (therefore temporary, as they vanish when you shut down). Their maximum size is half of your RAM by default, but they only occupy the "Used" part, they don't reserve free RAM.

– Byte Commander
9 mins ago










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