Re: default partition scheme without /home - why ?

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Felix Miata wrote:
I can't imagine a newbie not welcoming the intelligence of a separate /home
when they blindly reinstall after screwing something up, like an upgrade to a
newer version 6 months later, shortly followed by trying again with reformat
of /. You think most people, particularly the clueless, actually have backups
of their personal data? If you do I think you're dreaming of utopia.

They can still use the upgrade option and not reformat /. Can you imagine the same user filling up /home and being pissed that there's X GB free that isn't available? Just as plausible. Sure, make /home a convenient option during interactive install, but don't make it the default.

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