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To: 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.

When I built my current computer, I got a 240GB SSD for my OS and software (my bin, boot, dev, etc, lib, mnt, opt, run, srv, sys, usr, var directories...my home directory is on a spinning disk because of the size). I've got a lot of software installed on it on top of the operating system and I'm not anywhere close to 14GB. And as I say, that's with a whole lot of apps installed on my system.

55 posted on 12/12/2017 12:01:14 PM PST by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: markomalley

Notice what I wrote in comment #56, right after your reply. I had failed to notice that part about “SDD.”

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3612936/posts?page=56#56


59 posted on 12/12/2017 12:06:55 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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