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Vincenzo
Asked: 2011-10-21 13:57:33 +0800 CST

How big the root partition should be? [duplicate]

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How large should I make root, home, and swap partitions?

When I'm repartitioning my hard disk, how big should the root partition be for flawless functioning?

Even after 6-8 months after installing (v. 10.10), system files on the root partition occupy just 5.7 Gb.

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    It depends on what you do with your computer. When you install software, it will be installed in the root partition. It's a very personal thing. For example, I use about 15gb. If you can, with the hard disks that we have today, I suggest you to create a partition about 20gb for your root.

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  2. To continue with eNry's answer, in my case I'm using 60Gb. I know that is A LOT, but I tend to install a lot of software, including tools for development, audio editing and academic work. Last time I had a root part with 40Gb that got almost full... and my data was in other partition!

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  3. I use 15gb for my root partition, and 2.8gb for swap space, it is entirely up to you though and as mentioned above, a, very personal, taste....

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