[dennisw]

MY BIG QUESTION

How much space does a Linux Mint installation take? 20GB?

I want to install Linux Mint on a separate SSD (desktop computer) to test and experiment. What size SSD should I buy?
60GB is enough?
120GB?

(I am a Windows user)

[SpaceBar]

You can run linux from a floppy disk. How much bloat you add is up to you.

[Little Pig]

The OS itself occupies less than 4GB as an installation image on a USB stick. Installed, it’s somewhat less than that. 10-15GB is probably more than enough room to get a good pilot installation of Linux with typical applications and space to store documents. 60GB is plenty adequate for an actual in-service workstation, unless you have an absolutely huge media collection you want to store.

[vikingd00d]

>> How much space does a Linux Mint installation take? 20GB?

System requirements:

1GB RAM (2GB recommended for a comfortable usage).
15GB of disk space (20GB recommended).
1024×768 resolution (on lower resolutions, press ALT to drag windows with the mouse if they don’t fit in the screen).

[Westbrook]

60 GB should be enough for the Linux Mint OS, but I’d go for the larger 120GB, which is a little more than $50 on Amazon.

Better to have more disk than you need than to need more disk than you have.

[Bob434]

def get 120- they are pretty cheap these days- I bought the 1 terabyte one and have BOTH windows 7 and linux runnign on it with plenty of room to spare- but that is overkill- but i needed it for photography which take up lots of room

[AppyPappy]

Install it in a VM. VMware is free

[familyop]

"I want to install Linux Mint on a separate SSD (desktop computer) to test and experiment. What size SSD should I buy? 60GB is enough?"

"To test and experiment," yes. 60GB is more than enough to do that and quite a bit of file space. 120GB will go further if used much and run faster with more files stored on it. Either way, you'll be glad that you tried it.

Then later on, if you want to try something even faster and less bulky to use with fewer extraneous simultaneous processes running, try Debian, the system that Mint and Ubuntu are based on. It will be more customized for you that way.

[butlerweave]

you can install it on a USB drive and run it from that