too much disk space?

[mikawber]

I built my computer a few months ago and purchased 2 250GB hard drives. I have Vista and Ubuntu installed on one using 4 primary partitions. I have the other hard drive formated to NTFS and used to store all my music, videos, and documents so that they can be accessed easily through both Windows and Ubuntu.

So heres my problem: I have way too much extra space.

I'm looking for suggestions on what I can do with all this space. A good backup scheme would be great and anything else useful. All ideas are welcome (within reason) Thanks

[jken146]

See how many distros you can multiboot. That should keep you occupied for a while.

[mikawber]

ok what distros do you recommend and why? I tried Kubuntu and KDE just isn't for me.

[tdrusk]

rip all your music to flac.

That way you have a perfect backup of all your music. Rip your DVDs.

[jken146]

www.distrowatch.com

If you're feeling adventurous try Arch Linux. It's fun to build your install from the ground up for the first time.

[Furat]

try Fedora 8
or you can install Hardy Heron

[Dimitriid]

Take up video editing, might require a nice digital camera though.

[hhhhhx]

Deluge + Mininova = 2 full HDD's

:lolflag:

[slimdog360]

If it were me, Id fill it with porn.

[blithen]

If it were me, Id fill it with porn.

:lolflag:

[yabbadabbadont]

If it were me, Id fill it with porn.

That was a refreshing bit of honesty. (or humor) ((or both :D))

[conehead77]

If it were me, Id fill it with porn.

But he only has 2 250GB hard drives ;)

[blithen]

But he only has 2 250GB hard drives ;)

:guitar::lolflag:

[Sukarn]

But he only has 2 250GB hard drives ;)

:lolflag:

This was really good if it was supposed to be a joke.

[qazwsx]

Get Tv receiver and record lots of shows and leave them in mpeg2- format.

[jethro10]

The only thing that fills disk space is multimedia files, particularly video or games.

So the video editing option by someone is a good choice.
Or install every BIG linux game you can find.


J

[conehead77]

:lolflag:

This was really good if it was supposed to be a joke.

Not the author but the reader decides - Some would say its a joke, some would say its the truth :lol:

[argie]

Raid?

[insane_alien]

you should see my what to do with 2TB link (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=653249&highlight=2TB)

i have the same problem.

[jespdj]

You could try making a backup of the entire Internet.
Imagine how fast you'll be able to browse if the whole Internet is on your harddisk! :mrgreen:

[Fixman]

You can try Sabayon. I always wondered if it would be a good distribution, but didn't want to waste virgin CDs for seeing it!

[jobsonandrew]

lol... I tried a program that was supposed to download entire websites, cos i needed to research for a job interview offline.. but websites these days are full of flashy (get it?) menus and stuff that totally confused it

[Fixman]

lol... I tried a program that was supposed to download entire websites, cos i needed to research for a job interview offline.. but websites these days are full of flashy (get it?) menus and stuff that totally confused it

Have you tried using
wget -Rnp <<wbsite>>

it does work.

[jobsonandrew]

:-o... well i was using windows at the time so i had to download something.. might give that a go.. does it download recursively?

[mikawber]

Thanks everyone. I'm not a very big multimedia guy but maybe its time become one ;)

[bobbocanfly]

You could try making a backup of the entire Internet.
Imagine how fast you'll be able to browse if the whole Internet is on your harddisk! :mrgreen:

TO be honest that idea isnt as stupid as it seems. Say you visit a site a lot of times a day. Set up a cron job to check it for updates very 15 minutes and if it has changed, download it to some folder. Then set up some aliases so instead of http://yourfavourite.site you go to ~/bin/cache/yourfavourite.site.

I might give it a go later :D

[rax_m]

Take lots of pictures with a 10MP camera in raw image format ... that should get rid at least of some of the space..

Or you could just give me one of your 250GB drives ;)

[urukrama]

I built my computer a few months ago and purchased 2 250GB hard drives. [...]
So heres my problem: I have way too much extra space.

Why do you buy such big hard drives (and two of them) if you don't have any use for them?

[oldb0y]

Don't worry, they will slowly fill up. You could also download a lot of distros in torrents, and share them. That way you contribute to a good cause.

[LookTJ]

Don't worry, they will slowly fill up. You could also download a lot of distros in torrents, and share them. That way you contribute to a good cause.
I suggest this too. Thanks!

[mikawber]

quick question: Why should I try other distros? What benefits to they offer other than the great experience I already have with Linux? I don't know if I'm just being closed minded but I don't see any real reason to try a different one.

[blithen]

Take lots of pictures with a 10MP camera in raw image format ... that should get rid at least of some of the space..

Or you could just give me one of your 250GB drives ;)

:lolflag:

[oldb0y]

Why should I try other distros?

Just for the fun:)

[insane_alien]

Why do you buy such big hard drives (and two of them) if you don't have any use for them?

future proofing.

my storage needs expand exponentially(luckily it seems to be below the curve of harddrive growth)

for instance. i remember when 10GB was all i could ever need.

for some a 200MB harddrive was once a vast apce where years of work could be stored.

now, i have filled almost 1.8TB and have another 2TB at the ready.

[yabbadabbadont]

Hard drives are like tackle boxes. The contents always expand to fill the available space. (and then overflow into less than optimal substitutes :D)

[bobbocanfly]

Im just about to get a 750gb drive. Cant wait to start filling it up with all the ideas suggested here.