How Much HD Space for Linux?

[Andrew]

On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 00:40, Ed Sutherland wrote:

I'll share my setup with you. I've installed *everything*, on two disks:

hdc7 - 1.0 GB	/	431.0 MB free
hdc8 - 1.9 GB	/home	801.3 MB free
sda6 - 7.7 GB	/usr	2.2 GB free
SWAP - 640 MB on sda7

/home hold 1001.2 MB worth of files I downloaded off the net. Most of
them (only the best-of, indeed) are now sleeping on a JAZ disk. I also
installed a couple programs like Firefox, Thunderbird, Blender, wings,
rkhunter, several add-ons from kde-look.org and a couple window
managers(*). Nothing is very heavy, yet. I know most files go in /usr.
This is where you need lots of room.

-Andrew

> For the first time in years, I've run up against a full partition -- 
> even new mail cannot be saved. My Linux partition is 100% full. How 
> much space does a reasonable desktop Linux distro need? (I don't mean 
> bare minimum, but a comfortable amount for everyday usage.) I had  
> given Linux 6gigs.
> 
> Ed
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