Separate /home partition

[Mike McMullin]

On November 11, 2010 08:01:23 pm Jim Byrnes wrote:
> I've seen it recommended a number if times that you should have a
> separate /home partition.  When I first installed Ubuntu I wasn't aware
> of this option.  I'm getting a new notebook and plan on putting Ubuntu
> on it.
> 
> It will have a 320GB drive in it. Is there any rule of thumb of what the
> size of the various partitions should be?
> 
> Thanks,  Jim

I would use 1G for swap as a primary partition, 30G for / and the rest for 
/home.  Frankly 30G is really a lot for /, you could let the installers 
autopartition do it, it will choose workable values.