I just got a new laptop and installed Linux on it. I mainly run OpenSUSE.
Getting full encryption on both was a bit of a challenge and I had no idea what I'm doing. Will having the swap partition in the middle break things? Did I really need so many partitions (Mint and OpenSUSE don't show up in eachother's boot menu)?
I'm probably not gonna change this layout (because reinstallation seems like a pain) unless the swap partition's position is a problem. I'm just curious how many mistakes I made.
EDIT: I'm not upgrading my drive capacity. I do not need it.
I really don't think 60 GB will be enough for daily use unless you have your home folder on a separate drive, which it doesn't seem is the case from your screenshot.
I have mine on a separate drive and my system partition (150 GB) is half-full. Is there a reason for your 25 GB per Linux installation rule?
25GB is what Ubuntu says is the minimum, and I'm extrapolating that to all distros. Windows says 64GB. I'd be surprised if I need more than 64GB per Linux install with just software installs.
Minimum is just an indicator of what will actually work, but it’s not gonna last.
I have 60GB for Mint and 90GB for OpenSUSE. 25GB is just a reference point.
I would seriously advise you to double it to 50 GB each if you're intending to use these installs for more than web browsing and simple tasks using the packages that came with the distro. The exception to this would be if you have external drives/partitions that you're mounting into system directories (like your 20 GB of shared storage) because that data is obviously stored elsewhere.
The minimum requirements are for the installation and basic use of the operating system as-is; actually using the system and installing other packages will generally require more space.
I have 60GB for Mint and 90GB for OpenSUSE. 25GB is just a reference point.
So you don't plan on installing any additional packages or downloading anything off the internet?
I have 60GB for Mint and 90GB for OpenSUSE. 25GB is just a reference point.
Again, so you don't plan on installing anything extra or downloading stuff off the web? Lol.
I tried running arch in about 115GB of space, it wasn't too bad but I had my /home directory on a separate drive. There's no way I could get away with my OS+Home Directories on something as laughably small as that, unless I was just testing for a few weeks.
If I run out of space I'll just wipe and reinstall. Simple.
What's the point then? Just to try each one for a few weeks to pick the one you like the most? In that case, it makes sense