What I do for a new machine?

[LinuxIsOne]

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> I see no benefit, and a lot of extra complexity, and arguably a waste
> of disk space.

> If you want to dual-boot at some time - perhaps to try out the next
> version of Ubuntu without wiping this one - then it will be /much/
> harder with such a setup. It is harder to create, harder to maintain,
> will be harder to copy to another drive if you upgrade, and there is
> no real benefit.

> There arguably are, or *were*, benefits to this approach on big Unix
> servers, especially in the old days, 2-3 decades ago. Now, when data
> recovery means booting off a LiveCD, there is no benefit but a lot of
> cost.

> My advice would be: no, don't do it. There is no point.

> / (root), home and swap is all you need. You don't *need* a separate
> /home but it can be very handy.

Well I now set up those three partitions only.

Thanks.