[ale] new to linux, question about partitioning

[Jeff Hubbs]

In the interest of pedantry, :) there is no "/swap" in this case; the
swap partition is not mounted to a mount point in the machine's
filesystem tree.  Whereas you can swap to a file in the filesystem tree
in lieu of using a proper swap partition, this is only done in rare
cases (i.e., via NFS to keep diskless machines from dying outright if
they get RAM-bound) and is said to be a lot slower than the use of a
proper swap partition. 

joh6nn wrote:
> as others have already said, the conventional wisdom is to have a /root
> partition, a /home partition, and a /swap partition.  i recommend a
> /data partition, separate from /home.
>
> i've found that this makes life much simpler, especially in the face of
> multiple distros on one machine.  as Jeff Hubbs mentioned, different
> versions of apps, from different distros, and compete for dominance in
> your /home directory.  my solution to this has been to create one
> account for each distro in my /home directory (ie. /home/ubuntu,
> /home/fedora, etc), to be stringent about only using that account for
> that distro, and to restrict /home to be only for settings, and never
> for data.  since adopting this setup, i have greatly minimized the
> confusion and trouble that i previously had when using multiple OSes and
> distros
>
> a /boot partition can be handy, but isn't necessary, and the same goes
> for /var.  you likely won't need either of those for your home machine,
> but since you already have /boot, there's no need to delete it.
>
> to me, 20GB for /root seems awfully large.  i've never set it above 5GB,
> and i've never run out of space, even when installing everything i can
> think to install.  10GB should be more than enough for any given /root
> install, i'd think.
>
> repartitioning is something that should definitely be taken care of
> before you get to settled in.  you should be able to safely resize most
> partitions, but i always back up my data anyway.
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