I just got a new laptop and installed Linux on it. I mainly run OpenSUSE.

Getting full encryption on both was a bit of a challenge and I had no idea what I’m doing. Will having the swap partition in the middle break things? Did I really need so many partitions (Mint and OpenSUSE don’t show up in eachother’s boot menu)?

I’m probably not gonna change this layout (because reinstallation seems like a pain) unless the swap partition’s position is a problem. I’m just curious how many mistakes I made.

  • FoundFootFootage78@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
    32·
    1 year ago

    I’m only have about 20GB of files so I think I’ll be fine on space.

    I’m keeping Windows 11 around in case I need it for … IDK taxes (though I don’t have secureboot enabled because [points to image above]). A VM won’t work for the Mint one, I need it separate for reasons I won’t go into.

    Btrfs was installed in default but I only know how to do full-disk encryption on ext4. Apparently btrfs doesn’t have built-in support for it. I really liked how it was neatly organized into subvolumes but alas.

    • smegger@aussie.zone
      3·
      1 year ago

      Get a bigger drive. Swapping them out on modern laptops is often quite easy. Grab a copy of the manual or search for videos if you want to know more. Replacement 1tb nvme drives can be quite cheap these days, 2tb ones aren’t especially price prohibitive either.

      • rirus@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        This is the way, there were instances where M$ updates removed the Linux Boot options. So its better to keep them separated. Also a Malware on one system could infect the others.