On Sun, Feb 07, 2021 at 12:39:59PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I am experimenting with custom installs of MATE on Debian 10.7 . > My goal is to minimize its footprint on disk, and reduce menu clutter. > I have a default install with / on sda1. > The custom install has / on sda2. > Both installs use /sda3 for /home. > > When running gparted from the first, it reports > sda1 used space is 3.85 GB > sda2 used space is 2.25 GB > > When running gparted from the second, it reports > sda1 used space is 4.77 GB > sda2 used space is 1.80 GB > > Why? > TIA ;}
You may not have kept up with recent installers: the default size of swap is now smaller since it's almost never used. Did you install both exactly the same way using the same media? Andy Cater > > >
