Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

Sorry typo, meant to read 100GB not MB. Allowing for anything FAT coming 
along.

Andrew Brown

On 07/08/2013 10:18 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> I tend to make / around 10-15Gb now for Ubuntu.  100Mb is about enough 
> for a separate /boot partiiton but not enough for the / of most 
> distros, especially not for the most bloated distro of all.  I've 
> found that even 8Gb gets in trouble quite quickly unless you are quite 
> good at doing maintenance such as using the Janitor fairly often.
>
> You don't get much of a performance boost by having a separate /home 
> unless that /home is on a physically separate drive but it does make 
> he system more robust and safer to upgrade.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *From:* Andrew Brown <andrewbr@icon.co.za>
>     *To:* users@global.libreoffice.org
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 8:19
>     *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed
>
>     Ubuntu install is the same, if using the default install options it
>     creates the swap partition (at least equal to installed RAM
>     amount), and
>     then then one partition for all. I change this and like many here,
>     create the root / (100MB), and the balance of the drive capacity to
>     /home, keeping my data separate.
>
>     Regards
>
>     Andrew Brown
>
>     On 07/08/2013 07:53 AM, Doug wrote:
>     > On 08/07/2013 01:05 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
>     >> Hi :)
>     >> If you have your /home on a separate partition then it might be
>     possible to install the 64bit version of Ubuntu without disturbing
>     your 32 it version.  I tend to use a 10-15Gb partition for / for
>     Ubuntu.  It doesn't really need all that much space but Ubuntu is
>     about the most bloated distro at the moment.  Having plenty of
>     space makes it easier when installing programs.
>     >> Regards from
>     >> Tom :)
>     >>
>     >>
>     > I did that on PCLOS. It works well, altho a few apps that are
>     strictly
>     > 32-bit will not run on the 64-bit installation.I lost Adobe
>     Reader on
>     > the 64-bit os, because there is no 64-bit version of that s/w. I
>     had to
>     > go find a 64-bit version of one or two other programs. But
>     basically,
>     > it's a lot simpler than having to back up all your files to an
>     external
>     > storage medium and then having to copy everything back to a
>     completely
>     > new install.
>     >
>     > You will have to make a new blank partition on the drive, using
>     > gparted or something similar, and format it to ext4 and call it /
>     > Then when you install the 64-bit version, DO NOT format /home,
>     > only / (Your distro may or may not make it mandatory to reformat /
>     > during the install, even tho you formatted it already.)
>     >
>     > Be careful when you install the 64-bit os, so as to NOT make a new
>     > /home. Note that you probably already have a swap partition, so
>     > don't make another one. Any and all Linux os's on the disk can use
>     > the one swap.
>     >
>     > It has been quite a while since I did an Ubuntu install, so I can't
>     > be more specific. And I don't think I would try this with Korora--
>     > its installation would drive a saint crazy! (Just to get it onto
>     > two partitions is maddening!)
>     >
>     > Good luck--doug
>     >
>     >
>     >
>
>
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