On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 12:14:40PM -0500, Default User wrote: > I often see people recommend a separate home partition. > But why would (or not) that be better than just a home directory within > the root directory? > Wouldn't one less partition be simpler, and therefore (all other things > being equal) better? > Opinions, please.
The main reasons for a separate home partition are to share it between multiple installations in a multi-boot scenario and/or to allow for easy re-installation of the OS while preserving everything under /home. If neither of those apply, then a separate home partition is not especially beneficial. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez
