Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 10:04:11 -0400 From: John Cruz <cruzweb@gmail.com> To: Pete C <pete@thechristies.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: min disk size for (useful) desktop Message-ID: <44785C5B.5040105@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44785997.9020209@thechristies.net> References: <44785997.9020209@thechristies.net>
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Pete C wrote:
> . . . looking for advice/guidelines for a minimum disk size for a
> decent desktop install of 6-stable with gnome, openoffice, firefox,
> gimp etc. . . .
>
> . . . I have both a 20G and a 250G on hand, so I guess the question
> really is is 20G enough ? ? ?
>
> TIA
>
> Pete C
Peter,
20g is what I would recommend that way you'll have room for the install
and room to play with. I'm running apache/samba/kde, the ports system,
no office stuff though. 6.1 latest release
Here's my df output to give you a better understanding
john@taurus$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity
Mounted on
/dev/ad0s1a 507630 72236 394784 15%
/
devfs 1 1 0
100% /dev
/dev/ad0s1e 507630 434 466586 0%
/tmp
/dev/ad0s1f 16182566 5682340 9205622 38% /usr
/dev/ad0s1d 1254862 1 48820 1005654 13%
/var
~John
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