I'd recommend Debian Trixie instead of Ubuntu 25.04. They froze at about the same time so have similar versions of software, but Trixie is a long-term-stable release. On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM Robert P. J. Day via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: > > > good day, all. in my new employment, i have been gifted with a dell > laptop that i can install from scratch with ubuntu 25.04 any way i > want, then load it up with all of the dev tools i need. until now, > i've always just taken the default install, which is to allow the > installer to allocate pretty much the entire SSD drive to "/", and > everything goes under there in an ext4 filesystem. > > this new laptop has a 2TB SSD so i'm unlikely to run out of room any > time soon, but given that much space, and the fact that i'm going to > be making recommendations on how a few other people will be setting up > similar laptops, i thought maybe i should put a little more thought > into it. > > i don't see much point in using LVM since it's unlikely i'll be > needing to do any restructuring of filesystems, not with that much > space (and i read in a couple places of others having issues with LVM > and ubuntu 25.04 desktop), so unless there is a compelling reason, > i'll pass on LVM. > > is there much value in breaking off into separate filesystems > perhaps /usr or /home? most of my work (sizable yocto project builds) > will go under /home, so if there was going to be a huge filesystem, > that would be the one. also, even on my current 25.04 system, after > installing most of the dev tools i need, /usr still only uses around > 12G, so a separate /usr filesystem could probably live with 50G just > to play it safe. > > with ubuntu, the default filesystem for root is ext4, so i can stick > with that, but if i want to carve off /usr or /home, is there much > point using any of the other supported FS types like btrfs, XFS or > ZFS? i haven't used those, so i'm interested if there are any > benefits. > > thoughts? i could be lazy and just go with the standard install, but > i'm willing to hear other suggestions and their benefits. > > rday > > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org > To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org > To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org