Re: will windows fit?

Bill retired,

On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 1:08 PM Jim via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> I have Kubuntu 22.04 installed.  It takes 33GB for the OS and the software
> I installed.  Here's what df -h returns
> /dev/sda1                 916G   33G  837G   4% /
> /dev/sdb1                 1.9T  1.5T  277G  85% /home/

>
> I've been referring to windows as Bill's bugware. I guess I should start
> calling it Bill's bloatware.
> On 5/28/24 12:28, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>
> as I expected
>
> On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 2:28 PM rusty via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> 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! ;-)
>>
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