Hi all my Original Thread was hijacked but i did get some answers but i need more specific answers
i have dell inspirion 15 7000 gaming laptop 64bit with 24gb ram and 1tb Hdd windows 10
im buying a ssd to install 1tb and was considering putting Linux mint 20 on one 500 gb partition keeping other 500gbs for downloads etc from both OS
im not sure on 500gb ssd with linux mint installed how much to put in root and how much in home and how much in swap,
i will be learning linux but will also be doing video editing, photo editing, webcaming, streaming, and some gaming...
I dont know whether to dual boot with windows 10 or to use virtualization which i cant see because any games i want to use also run on windows and i want windows 10 resources to be limited or low as they are with linux. also with virtualization i dont have to reboot the pc but again im still loading and using windows resources that arent needed..
now i do have linux mint 20 on live usb with bootloader
Install, DualBoot, Virtualization Question
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Re: Install, DualBoot, Virtualization Question
The most space saving way is to just make 1 partition & not bother with a separate partition for /Home.im not sure on 500gb ssd with linux mint installed how much to put in root and how much in home and how much in swap,
You certainly don't need to bother with a partition for swap anymore - Mint will use a swap file.
To use virtualisation or dual boot is really a choice only you can make depending on how you wish to use the system in the future.
If you want to constantly swap between Windows & Mint then virtualisation makes a great deal more sense.
If you need the full resources of your computer to run your games then, realistically that will mean running Mint as a guest on Windows.
However, you certainly lose a great deal of the built in security that Linux provides by not having Mint as the host & Windows as the guest.
If you sometimes want to use just Mint & sometimes just want to use Windows, then dual booting is a far better way forward.
You could, as a trial, try running a Mint guest on your current Windows system. If that doesn't satisfy your needs then it is easy enough to set up a dual boot system in the future..
Re: Install, DualBoot, Virtualization Question
hi guys and thankx for the advice im thinking about getting the 1tb ssd and using 500 gbs of it all for linux which should be more than enough and use the other 500 gbs for mixed storage