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On 30/09/2013 19:25, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> On 2013-09-30 1:10 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> |
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>> 150gb for / with usr and you will be fine for ages. |
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> I'm curious what a common/average size is for desktops... |
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> My /usr, without portage files, is @ 5GB. |
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> My current / is only 83M, so even after I merge /usr into it, it will |
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> still be only @ 5GB... |
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> But, this is a server, so... |
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> For an average desktop, loaded with software (say, KDE, Libreoffice, |
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> etc), how much will /usr grow to? Or more specifically, what is a |
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> *reasonable* maximum one could expect? |
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The big space hogs are: |
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/usr/lib* |
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/usr/share/ |
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most of that comes from KDE and Gnome. Both systems are huge and bundle |
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lots of "accessory" files - best descriptive word I could find. |
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The main culprit by far is artwork - themes, wallpaper, sound themes, |
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icon collections and so on. Second is marble, celestia and similar geo* |
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type apps with their maps. |
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I'd say 20G total is a) lots more than you'd actually need even with |
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tons of unneeded artwork and b) a tiny fraction of the smallest |
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(spinning) disk you can buy these days. |
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So 20G is a good upper limit to start with. Marble and celestia users |
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can bump it up according to their needs - anyone who has detailed maps |
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of the entire Earth's land surface likely already knows how much disk |
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space it takes up :-) |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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