default partition scheme
hi,
the default partition scheme with a _large_ /home and tiny / is prone to overflow. this should be changed. why not just a / and a swap partition by default?
A separate home partition makes a lot of sense if you have to reinstall. Or want to do a clean upgrade.
However a tiny / makes no sense.
That's the normal setup. It allows you to install a fresh new system without erasing all your data and, if you are so inclined, install multiple GNU/Linux systems alongside each other on the same system. You really don't need all that much space in root; most of your stuff will be in /home, and Trisquel's default ~9-10 GB is a bit small, but 16 GB will be plenty for most people and 32 GB would be plenty for everyone else (I'll want to change my root size to that; I use recordMyDesktop sometimes and that takes up a *lot* of space on /temp when it runs).
I'm not sure what you mean by "overflow". Could you elaborate?
I'd say a sane number would be between 10 and 15.
>I'll want to change my root size to that; I use recordMyDesktop sometimes and that takes up a *lot* of space on /temp
You can make /tmp a symbolic link pointing to where ever you have space.
Let us not forget that partitions with an XFS filesystem cannot be shrunk. XFS is the default for Trisquel's /home...
Maybe the default install should switch to EXT4 then? I always end up going the advanced route and manually creating and formatting the partitions instead of going with the defaults.
/usr fills up quite fast. by overflow I mean that you run out of space quickly. so for example when installing a lot of programs with apt-get / fills-up very quickly. when installing programs via make install, it fills up / quickly.
I would think that separate /var /tmp /home /usr would make more sense than a tiny few GB / partition and a HUGE /home partition. True a symbolic link could help with /tmp.
regardless,
the default partition scheme needs to change, regardless of whether or not you use one large / and a swap (which I prefer and ubuntu does this), or separate partitions..
I am a member!
Some posts here can be interesting: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/full-disk-encryption-multiple-partitions