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sweetleaf <sweetleaf@myrealbox.com> writes:

> 226990  ./root

Oof.

If you're going to run a lot of applications as root, you'll need to
make sure most of the data doesn't get stored on the root partition.
It's a lot better all around, though, to just run your everyday
applications as a lesser-privileged account with a home directory on
another filesystem.