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Re: Linux boxes.



PuPPy wrote:

> I installed slackware 3 monuths ago, and I hear so much about red-hat,
> open/free-bsd etc.
> I am kind'a linux newbie, but before I Start working out and coding under
> linux env. I would like to know which box is better, and WHY.

Better wait for opinions about the new Debian and decide then. It might
be the best distribution currently available. I'm anxiously waiting for
my order to arrive in order to install it...

> Another issue I find rather importent, is partioning my [Personal] Linux.
> I have 3 linux partitions:
> 1st)250MB mounted as root.
> 2nd)16MB mounted as swap
> 3rd)100MB I mounted in /mnt
> Many people were mailing the group saying that you should have a seperate
> partition for /usr.

This is useful if you have separate disks for (/ + swap) and for /usr
(especially if you're using IDE disks). Otherwise, no real reason not to
use one large native partition and one swap partition.

> How much is enough?
As a rule of thumb - always twice as much as you have...
I'm using 400MB for root fs, 80MB for swap and 1.6GB (another drive) for
/usr, and I'd still be glad to have more space.
For reasonable purposes, however, 400-500MB total should be enough for
quite a nice system. If you do separate /usr, the root fs can be rather
small - 40-70MB (especially if you move /home under /usr).

Tuvik

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