Re: [tlug] Current practices for Linux partioning?

[Nicolas Limare <nicolas+tlug@example.com>]

Hi Jonathan,

> As I prepare to upgrade my Envy 15 from Win 7 to Linux, what your 
> thoughts around partitioning? Should I hold my nose and make a / big 
> enough to contain /usr, or should I Do Things The Way I've Always Done 
> Them, which is this partitioning scheme:

On a desktop/laptop (ie a single-user machine, without network
services), now I only partition /boot, / and /home. I do no see any
need to be able to boot without /usr on this king of machine, neither
to isolate /var.

/ and /home are encrypted with dm-crypt, with a passphrase to unlock /
and a key stored in / to unlock /home. On my current 300GB laptop I
kept 30GB for / and never used more than the half. No more swap
because with 4G RAM, if I start using swap it means something went
really wrong, and it shouldn't happen.

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Nicolas LIMARE
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