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.
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 😜