Comfortable partition size?

[Matthew Flaschen]

ac wrote:
> A more sophisticated method is to use the data partition as your /home 
> directory, but there are slightly different implications with this.

I have this setup, with the vast majority of the space for /home .  It's
worked quite well, and I don't know of any possible bad side effects.  I
really like the ability to reinstall without losing (or backing up and
restoring) data or important settings.

Matthew Flaschen