Will be installing either Mint or Pop_OS on a new laptop which has a 512gb SSD. Will keep Windows for gaming, at least for now, with the games installed on an external HD. But otherwise, this is to experiment with living in Linux.

I understand that I can unallocate HD space from Windows in order to make room for the LInux OS, leaving at least 25 or 30gb for the Linux OS itself.

Do I then extend that space further, so to speak, to allow for any other programs I might install as well as for data? Do I create a third partition for data that will be shared between the two OS?

What’s a reasonable breakdown?

e.g.
Windows 100gb; Linux 400gb or
Win 100gb; Linux 30gb; Data (NTFS) 370gb?

  • asal@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    11 months ago

    I know this is not an answer to your question, but I’ve found everything to be immensely easier with a second drive. I’ve screwed my pooch before!

      • speck@kbin.socialOP
        3·
        11 months ago

        This is with a laptop. So one would have to be on an external drive. That wouldn’t slow it down?

          • cybersandwich@lemmy.world
            3·
            11 months ago

            I’ve also had updates on the Linux side cause the bitlocker stuff to freak out and require a recovery code with sharing a boot partition.

        • Ken Oh@lemm.ee
          1·
          11 months ago

          I would check out your laptop, especially if it’s somewhat new. I have one that is dual booting from an M.2 NVMe drive and a SATA SSD. Even if it didnt, I have easy panels that pop off when I wanted to swap.