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Subject: Re: min disk size for (useful) desktop
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Pete C wrote:
> . . . looking for advice/guidelines for a minimum disk size for a 
> decent desktop install of 6-stable with gnome, openoffice, firefox, 
> gimp etc. . . .
>
> . . . I have both a 20G and a 250G on hand, so I guess the question 
> really is is 20G enough ? ? ?
>
> TIA
>
> Pete C
Peter,

20g is what I would recommend that way you'll have room for the install 
and room to play with. I'm  running apache/samba/kde, the ports system, 
no office stuff though. 6.1 latest release

Here's my df output to give you a better understanding

john@taurus$ df
Filesystem          1K-blocks         Used        Avail     Capacity  
    Mounted on
/dev/ad0s1a        507630           72236       394784    15%          
     /
devfs                   1                            1              0   
    100%            /dev
/dev/ad0s1e        507630              434       466586     0%        
        /tmp
/dev/ad0s1f         16182566      5682340  9205622    38%               /usr
/dev/ad0s1d       1254862   1        48820  1005654    13%              
  /var


~John