[Tfug] opinion on the proper/minimum size for Root

[bpoag at comcast.net]

It really depends... root's home directory, to me at least, is sort of a sandbox for alot of things. Compiling stuff, odds and ends, the usuals... It tends to eat up a fair amount of space. I also avoid segregating /root to its own partition, btw. There's no need for it. 

But, given what you have to work with, 5-7GB would be comfortable.

Cheers,
Bowie

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: John Mc <jmcneill2 at earthlink.net>
> I've finished putting Kubuntu 7.04 on an older Dell notebook with a 10 GB HDD.
> I have both / and /home partitions. Root (/) currently has files totaling 3400 
> MB.
> What is your opinion on the proper/minimum size for Root:
> 
> On this hardware (No burning option on the optical drive)?
> 
> On any hardware such as most modern 'puters?
> 
> Reasons?
> 
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