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How much disk space should I devote to my Linux / partition?

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Mar 15, 202683854 views
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I'm redoing my Linux systems at home, and am wondering about partition sizes. In the past, I've always installed Linux on a single partition; I'd like to setup the system as follows: / /boot swap /home I'm not 100% certain how much space should be devoted to the '/' partition. Swap will be 2x RAM; …

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I think 10 GB is plenty. I am running a Ubuntu server within 10GB (including /home) and it is puffing along fine. Excluding my files, the system takes up less than 4GB. If you ever find yourself pressed for space, you can always resize the partition…

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