Whats a good size for a linux partition to play with?

[Hector13]

Hey all,

I have win2k installed on a 20 gig system, and I want to dual boot with linux to toy around with it.

How much room is enough? I plan on installing redhat 7.0 and X for sure. I was thinking 3 gigs total (including swap and stuff).

Anyone have any other ideas?

Thanks

 

[SUOrangeman]

3GB should be good. Likeloy more than enough to install EVERYTHING that comes in today's distrobutions (RH7, LM7.2, etc.).

-SUO

 

[BCYL]

When I installed Linux to play and learn with, I had my partition at a little over 1 gig and it was quite enough... of course I did not plan to install many programs though...

So I would say 3 gig is more than enough... probably you can go with 2 gigs and still have plenty of room to play around with...