--- jdd <jdd@dodin.org> wrote:
houghi wrote:
For now the things I have heard against the idea come to `we do not know how large the partition should be`. The fact that other distro's don't use it does not autmatocaly mean it is a bad idea.
don't think this is the first time this go to discussion. if this have not already be done mean most people don't agree.
This won't say we must not change it.
The main argument to change to this way is, in my opinion, is the new hudge capacity of the disks. This is new. A current suse system takes 2Gb. A very big one can approach 5Gb. So 10Gb of root should be good. on larger disk, allow 10% if you want. This let room for windows :-( and some external /home partitions.
The only real advantage is a small protection against partition failure.
Protection against update is of no value for me, because there is no reason to update a working system. One may update OpenOffice or Mozilla, but update from, say, suse 9.2 to 9.3 is probably not a good idea. Updating is a windows habit, to correct bugs. There a nearly no bug in the Linux subsystem if you have it running yet (you may experience bugs at the first install). anyway, the risk of mistaking the partition to format or destroying the /home partition is as high as the risk of bad file system on root.
The cons is mostly the added complexity. with a separate /home, one must have a neat /etc/fstab any failure there makes the /home lost (apparently) and need knowledge to fix. and this is frequent when somebody try to cope with mounting cd's :-).
added complexity that make the risk of a _windows_ error greater. Don't forget new users uses frequently they windows dual boot and that the disk center of XP marks linux
partitions as unused. havind a swap is already confusing, but the partition is so small nobody cares, but a big /home ??
jdd
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With all the potential problems that could arise with having additional partitions it really doesn't seem worth it if it is a setup for a first time linux-user. What jdd wrote about updating being a Windows thing is true in a way. A Windows update which many do I hope for the securty & bug-fixes is the equivalent of YOU under SuSE. It is not equivalent to a new SuSE-Linux version ... that would be equal to a Windows-Upgrade which I think very few do. And fact is new Windows versions come out once every few years & usually not twice a year like SuSE. Once they have a reasonably running system they stick with it & wont want to transfer their data to a new Windows-Version which they would have to pay for. All these Win98's & Win95's are there cause they do their job & more is not needed. If it isn't broken dont fix it. People can allways save all their data on a DVD if they want to take it with them. Question then might be ... will/do normal (non-geek/non-new kernel version interested etc.) users behave like they did with Windows & stick with e.g. Version 10 for years (higher support needs) or will they continuesly upgrade ? ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com