Space for Linux?

[Guest]

I am looking to get into Linux, and I was wondering how much space I should allocate to Linux?  I am putting it on a laptop with a 100gb SSD.  I was thinking of doing 60GB for Windows 10, and using the other 40 for Linux.  Is this a good combo, and if it's not, do you have any other reccomendations for space allocations?  Any words of encouragement before I maybe move to the Linux side for good?

[GodSpoon]

That'll be fine, just don't think you can install much on either partition

[Guest]

That'll be fine, just don't think you can install much on either partition

It's not for much anyways, it's my school laptop.  I only have Word and Minecraft

[Hans Christian | Teri]

60GB is very little to run Windows on. It can be done, but you really wont have much space for anything. 40GB should be fine for Linux, of course depending on what you're expecting to do with it.

[Tcbp]

It really depends on what you are going to being doing with it. If its just simple tasks like word docs, web browsing, youtube then 40gb should be fine. Keep in mind that the OS's also take up space

[dlf]

Also keep in mind that you won't get the full 100 GB . . . . .

[Scia]

I am looking to get into Linux, and I was wondering how much space I should allocate to Linux?  I am putting it on a laptop with a 100gb SSD.  I was thinking of doing 60GB for Windows 10, and using the other 40 for Linux.  Is this a good combo, and if it's not, do you have any other reccomendations for space allocations?  Any words of encouragement before I maybe move to the Linux side for good?

 

40GB Will be fine for /, /home and /boot, and there won't be much of an issue with 60gb for Windows either, running my Windows 8.1 partition on 50ish GB on my Laptop with out any issues, just don't expect to be mass storing movies in either partition ^^

[Admiral Naismith]

That sounds fine, I get by just fine with only 20gigs, though I only use it much for web-browsing.

 

Linux takes some getting used to, and there seems to be 3 schools of thought towards new-comers.

 

1. Linux is great and easy for anyone to get into, even if they have a very limited amount of computer skill.

 

2. Its hard as **** and you need to know how to program to stand a chance.

 

3. Its pretty user friendly as long as the user has moderate computer skills.

 

 

2 isn't true at all if you go for one of the user-friendly ones, such as Mint or Ubuntu. All I've done via the terminal is copy and paste some stuff that isn't really necessary for the average person.

 

1 really wasn't that true in my experience. I couldn't see my mother setting it up for example. Once everything is set-up though, its extremely easy to use. My parents would probably like it if I set it up for them.

 

I found 3 to be the closest. I have no programming abilities, but my basic computer skills really helped me get started. Set-up was the most difficult for me, because for some reason absolutely NONE of the guides available worked when trying to download drivers for my GPU. I eventually figured it on my own through trial and error, google, and just messing around.

3 could also be phrased as: Its pretty user friendly as long as the user has moderate google-ing skills.

 

 

I wish you luck, linux is great, and perfect if set-up along side windows.

[Sauron]

You only need 5gb or so to install the os, just bare in mind you'll have a limited amount of space for programs. 60gb is not enough for windows though.

[flibberdipper]

There won't be much room for Windows, but 40GB should be plenty for Linux.