Bruno Girin wrote: > On Sun, 2010-02-28 at 15:30 +0000, Dianne Reuby wrote: > >> I have a spare ex-XP partition which I don't need now. I'm wondering >> which would be best - to delete it and expand my /home partition, or >> keep it as a separate (Ubuntu) partition for photos and music? >> >> I know people do have partitions for this sort of thing, but are there >> any advantages or disadvantages to either setup? >> > > The advantages and disadvantages come from the fact that you partition a > resource (in a generic sense of the word "partition"). > > Pros of separate partitions: > * It enables you to segregate media (photos + music) from you home > folder. > * If the media partition is full, it won't affect your home > partition. > * You can encrypt the home partition while leaving the media > partition un-encrypted. > * You could set up the media partition with ACL support so that > you can create photos and music directories in it that are > shared by all users and that all users can update, if you have > more than one user on the machine. > * Any situation where you want to handle home and media > differently may be helped by having different partitions. > > Cons: > * It's less flexible so you may end up with one partition 90% > full, the other one 10% full. > * Setting it up so that it's transparent to applications like > fSpot or Rhythmbox may be complicated. > > I have probably forgotten things and others may disagree with my list. > > Bruno > > > I note that your son also uses this PC. Would there be any value in giving his home folder its own partition? (I can't see a "quota" facility in "users & groups")
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