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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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How bad is my partitioning? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

The need for a larger vehicle might not arise from one week to the next, but the need for more gigabytes can. Windows 11 will happily eat up its entire partition next time it decides to update.

That said, as I type from my computer with only a 60 GB SSD, just make sure you have a plan for when that storage runs out.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

Time to clone and delete the Windows partition.