Best partition scheme MX Linux

[MB83]

Good afternoon,
I would like to install MX Linux XCFE on a netbook with AMD C70 processor 8 GB RAM and 250 SDD as unique OS.

What is the best Partition Scheme that I can create for MX linux?
I mean is recomended, as in other Linux distribution, to create a /home / booot /root /swap and what size you recomend?
P.S. I'm a newby Linux user :-)

Many thanks

Marco

[Eadwine Rose]

You can use the installer to install to the entire disk, then all the stuff is done for you :)

[MB83]

Ok but if I want to switch from xcfe to kde MX or to change SO is better to create a /home folder correct and then reinstall the SO without touching the personal data?

Because I see that in the installer you can only indicate how many root space he has to use (by the way, in this case what is the best choice? because the default indication is the entire disk!)
Many thanks


Marco

[cmhobbs]

I personally like to keep a separate /home partition but note that your dotfiles may affect different installations.

[Gaer Boy]

I take the opposite route and have only root & data partitions. All my data folders are symlinked to folders in /home.

[AK-47]

If you select the full disk install and slide the bar underneath the option, you will get a separate /home partition. For anything more precise you can go custom partitions, and make a few partitions. What partitions are required will depend on the system you are installing it on and whether you opt for encryption.

[asqwerth]

Good afternoon,
I would like to install MX Linux XCFE on a netbook with AMD C70 processor 8 GB RAM and 250 SDD as unique OS.

What is the best Partition Scheme that I can create for MX linux?
I mean is recomended, as in other Linux distribution, to create a /home / booot /root /swap and what size you recomend?
P.S. I'm a newby Linux user :-)

Many thanks

Marco

/home is automatically created as a FOLDER in / ("/" = "root partition") if you choose the default installation using the whole disk [CORRECTION: UNLESS YOU USE THE SLIDER AS EXPLAINED BY AK-47], or if you simply choose a custom install scheme without a /home partition.

/home PARTITION is different from /home FOLDER, and it is not really necessary to create a separate partition for /home.

I do not share my /home amongst different distros because of potential conflicting config setups between the distros . That is why I don't have a separate /home PARTITION. Instead, I created [subsequent to installing the first distro on my machine] a separate DATA partition to hold my media, documents, music, data that I can enjoy whatever distro I am booted into. Each distro will have their own /home folder that just holds what config files get created by the apps that I run [IGNORE THIS STATEMENT IF ALL YOU WANT TO DO IS TO HAVE ONE DISTRO ON YOUR MACHINE]

/swap PARTITION is optional for a system with 8GB RAM, unless you are going to doing lots of RAM intensive stuff, eg you open 2 or 3 Virtual machines on your running system.

/boot PARTITION is not needed, I believe, unless you want an encrypted system. However, since I don't use this, other posters should clarify this.

you don't need a separate "/root" partition, which is different from " / " . Just by installing /, you will have a /root FOLDER in /.

[siamhie]

/boot PARTITION is not needed, I believe, unless you want an encrypted system. However, since I don't use this, other posters should clarify this.

From what I understand, a boot partition is only required when setting up a dual boot with windows, using an encrypted file system or storage schemes like LVM or software RAID.

[Huckleberry Finn]

/boot PARTITION is not needed, I believe, unless you want an encrypted system. However, since I don't use this, other posters should clarify this.

From what I understand, a boot partition is only required when setting up a dual boot with windows, using an encrypted file system or storage schemes like LVM or software RAID.

That just needs to stay non-encrypted, therefore, if one is willing to encrypt the main system partition (root) they need to make it separate to leave it non-encrypted (as it's normally just a directory under root: /boot).. no matter you have Windows or not. (And of course one may still make it separate though they're not going to encrypt the root)

[asqwerth]

... And of course one may still make it separate though they're not going to encrypt the root)

Of course anyone can do so even if no encryption is required, but for what purpose? A separate /boot partition can lead to the problem of old kernels filling up the partition until the mx boot space warning is triggered.

If /boot is just a folder within the main root partition, then as long as the overall root partition has space, there is no issue. [same point for /home]