Fresh install Kubuntu 13.10: how best to partition the HD for optimal, smooth Kontakt & Akonadi

[Myriam Schweingruber]

Hi Bas,

On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
>
> today, I am going to carry out a fresh, manual install of Kubuntu 13.10 at
> both of my laptops. I want to partition the HD in such a way that I can
> ensure Kontact and Akonadi working smoothly.
>
> One laptop has a HD of 250 GB, another one contains 500 GB HD. I am
> considering to partition the discs manually, as follows:
>
> Root  60.000 MB, ext4, mount point /;
> Swap 2000 MB, logical, location: 'beginning';

How much RAM do you have? 2 GB for Swap seems not that much, the rule
is to have the double of the RAM up until 8 GB. I currently have 8 GB
of RAM and an equal amount of Swap space which runs quite smoothly.


Regards, Myriam
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