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Author: Michael via PLUG-discuss
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Subject: Re: will windows fit?
as I expected

On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 2:28 PM rusty via PLUG-discuss <
> wrote:

> hmm. I thought he was asking about WINDOWs fitting. But while we're on
> the topic of Linux fitting, here's my Linux DF for / and /home:
>
> /dev/sda2        37G   26G  9.6G  73% /
> /dev/sdb2       1.8T  1.7T   18G  99% /home

>
> So, ignoring home, my laptop Linux Mint fits fine in 30G. And I've got
> LOTS of 'junk' loaded. At my last job, I allocated around 30G for the
> Linux partition, if I remember right, which was pretty much a default
> install of Linux Mint.
>
> That being said, here are some sizes for the virtual PCs I've created for
> the class I teach:
>
> Ubuntu2.2: 28.92 GB
> Ubuntu2.2: 25.85 GB.
> MicroOS: 34.46GB
> EdUbuntu: 24.0GB
> CentOS: 30.15GB
>
> Note that these were 'mostly' 'standard' installs, but obviously YMMV!
> (especially since MY mileage varied!)
>
> Now, I also did a Windows install, W11 or W10 I think, and I don't think I
> added much to it, and it took 50.0GB
>
> So, for Windows I agree that you're probably out of luck getting it in to
> 30GB! ;-)
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 14:02, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss <
> > wrote:
>
> z via PLUG-discuss said on Tue, 28 May 2024 12:47:41 -0500 (CDT)
>
> May 28, 2024 12:42:39 Michael via PLUG-discuss <
> >:
>
> I got a 30 GB drive. Will windows fit on such a drive?
>
> likely no
>
> It won't fit *my* Void Linux setup either. Here's the result of df -h on
> my Void Linux computer: /dev/nvme0n1p1 1.4T 62G 1.2T 5% / I'm pretty sure
> if I just installed a CLI Linux with no applications it would fit in 32GB,
> but with modern browsers and X and the like, no. SteveT Steve Litt Autumn
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