Why You Need A Bigger OS Partition

root(a)theon:~ # apt-get install games-all Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: 0ad 0ad-data 0ad-data-common 7kaa 7kaa-data a7xpg a7xpg-data abe abe-data ace-of-penguins alex4 alex4-data armagetronad armagetronad-common asc asc-data asc-music atomix atomix-data bastet beep berusky berusky-data biniax2 biniax2-data blobby blobby-data bloboats blobwars blobwars-data blockattack bsdgames btanks btanks-data burgerspace bzflag-client bzflag-data caveexpress caveexpress-data cgoban chromium-bsu chromium-bsu-data cultivation darkplaces dreamchess dreamchess-data empire enigma enigma-data enigma-doc epiphany epiphany-data extremetuxracer extremetuxracer-data famfamfam-flag-png flare-engine flare-game flightgear flightgear-data-ai flightgear-data-all flightgear-data-base flightgear-data-models flightgear-phi ... ufoai-sound ufoai-textures unknown-horizons warmux warmux-data warzone2100 warzone2100-data warzone2100-music wesnoth wesnoth-1.14 wesnoth-1.14-aoi wesnoth-1.14-core wesnoth-1.14-data wesnoth-1.14-did wesnoth-1.14-dm wesnoth-1.14-dw wesnoth-1.14-ei wesnoth-1.14-httt wesnoth-1.14-l wesnoth-1.14-low wesnoth-1.14-music wesnoth-1.14-nr wesnoth-1.14-sof wesnoth-1.14-sota wesnoth-1.14-sotbe wesnoth-1.14-thot wesnoth-1.14-trow wesnoth-1.14-tsg wesnoth-1.14-ttb wesnoth-1.14-utbs widelands widelands-data xmoto xmoto-data Suggested packages: 7kaa-music bzflag-server freeciv-client-extras freeciv-sound-standard fretsonfire-game games-adventure games-arcade games-board games-c++-dev games-card games-chess games-console games-content-dev games-education games-emulator games-fps games-java-dev games-minesweeper games-mud games-perl-dev games-platform games-programming games-puzzle games-python3-dev games-racing games-rogue games-rpg games-shootemup games-simulation games-sport games-strategy games-tetris games-toys games-typing libopenal0a libsimage-dev libbullet2 libjs-jquery-flot-docs libjs-angularjs libswt-gtk-4-java minissdpd mumble minetest-mod-moreblocks minetest-mod-moreores minetest-mod-pipeworks minetest-server minetestmapper xqf openttd-opensfx pioneers-metaserver freecell-solver-bin pysolfc-cardsets python3-pil.imagetk-dbg python-pygame-doc spring-javaai teeworlds-server ufoai-server ufoai-uforadiant Recommended packages: fretsonfire The following NEW packages will be installed: ... 0 upgraded, 327 newly installed, 0 to remove and 86 not upgraded. Need to get 9,962 MB of archives. After this operation, 14.7 GB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Time was when 30-40GB was sufficient for an OS partition. But not any more. This is why, when I upgraded my boot drive a few weeks ago, I allocated 100GB for the OS.
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro