Subj : Re: Partitions setup; good?
To   : paulie420
From : MeaTLoTioN
Date : Mon Aug 17 2020 09:52:22

Hey Paulie =)

On 15 Aug 2020, paulie420 said the following...
 
 pa> I have been learning Linux as my only OS for the past couple years.
 pa> 
 pa> I run older hardware, Lenovo Thinkpad T430s machines that are specced
 pa> out w/ Core i7 chipsets and 16gb RAM. 

That's a cool laptop, I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T440p running Ubuntu 20.04 and
i3-gaps =)

 pa> I've usually just installed a distro and let it partition (or not!) the
 pa> media how it sees fit; this always means that to change a system I
 pa> either have to dump all my data or backup, which is never easy. 
 pa> 
 pa> So, wondering if someone with more knowledge than me can answer 2
 pa> questions: 1, is the following new setup I'm running seem good - in that
 pa> I could decide to change the distro (/) and keep my data (/home)... and
 pa> 2, is there a way to also keep the program files around by creating
 pa> another partition for like... (/bin)? 
 pa> 
 pa> The setup I've now changed to, while using a 1T SSD, is:
 pa> 
 pa> '/' is a 200GB partition where I install the OS.
 pa> '/home' is a 780GB partition where I can throw all my data/files.
 pa> 'swap' is a 20GB partition that my ubuntu flavor will hibernate to.
 pa> 
 pa> This is going to be awesome, as if I change distros my .config files and
 pa> personal data will remain. I *think* this means I can switch from
 pa> Kubuntu to KDE Neon, only overwriting that '/' partition. 
 pa> 
 pa> Am I correct?

Yes, mostly =)

The main things you want to keep whenever you re-install any distro is your
/home folder but if you're changing between flavours of distros, like say
mint to ubuntu, things probably would be ok to also have /usr and /usr/local
as partitions to keep too.

However if you're swapping distros like say from Fedora to Ubuntu, or from
Mint to CentOS as an example, some of the applications might not work
properly, or even at all, so then you probably would want to install over the
applications in /usr and /usr/local as well.


At work we have separate partitions for / /home /var /usr /usr/local /tmp
/root /boot for most projects.

Not sure if any of this helps, or at least confirms what you already know =)

Good luck, glad you're spending time with Linux and enjoying it. I've been
running Ubuntu on my pc's and laptops for years now.

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