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by Moyamo 2717 days ago
Using /tmp for my downloads folder became problematic for me when downloading big files.

1. You may want to pause the download and restart it after reboot.

2. It's quick to redownload small files but a pain to have to redownload large ones.

3. Arch puts /tmp on a tmpfs, so big files can eat all your memory!