While I was checking my disk space today with df -h I noticed all these /dev/loopXX partitions which I don't know what they really are.
What are them? Should I keep it?
Thank you.
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3Does this answer your question? Why there are 3 loop devices on my system right after boot? – muru Nov 09 '21 at 08:15
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/dev/loop devices are devices which make regular files viewed as block devices. They are managed by losetup. I invite you to type losetup -l to see which is mapped to which.
See also https://askubuntu.com/questions/1047456/why-are-all-snaps-being-mounted-and-listed-as-block-devices-or-partitions-for-ub about why snap creates them.
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These are loop devices, files mapped as a block devices. In your case these are created and used by snap packages on your system and you should just ignore them.
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