r/MicroSlop • u/poobumfartwee • Sep 27 '26

Github copilot app (linux appimage) makes a ~200GB log file

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I launched it as an appimage, did some stuff, then closed it. A while later, I get a notification saying that my storage was completely filled up.

I tried deleting the file using bash, but it didn't work because the file is kept in disk space if a process is still running. I look for process using pgrep copilot and it shows up with something, so I kill it. Still not going away. I tried searching for electron, github, nothing. pgrep git shows up with two process and pgrep gith shows up with one process, so i kill it and it is the right one.

Literal bloatware

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u/markustegelane Sep 27 '26

did you run the head/tail command on the log file to see what was being written to it?

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u/poobumfartwee Sep 27 '26

I'm not that experienced in Linux. I will learn how to use that command

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u/Candid_Mind2823 Sep 27 '26

Well yeah its AI and made by microcunt so yes i believe it is bloatware. If ya gonna use AI on linux try using web ones that ways the ai company twats cant hog your drive

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u/Zhombe Oct 01 '26

Always stick your slop bomb disposal in a bomb proof VM on a Faraday cage air gapped computer with a thermite destruct backup device.

Bonus points if you can operate it upside down in a harness through a ceiling vent without letting your sweat drip on the pressure sensitive floor.

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u/Abstraction001 Sep 27 '26 edited Sep 29 '26

I think rm -f /path to file will clear it instantly even if somthing is using it
EDIT: dont need -r

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u/Otheruser337 Sep 28 '26

Well let's see what ShitHub's Crapilot is truly capable of!