Because if your root partition fails, you can reinstall and all your files are safe on their own partition...
> On 30 Nov 2018, at 17:14, Default User <hunguponcont...@gmail.com> 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.
