Is Linux Mint XFCE a Good Fit for My Older Desktop?
I'm planning to move away from Windows 10 now that extended support is ending. My computer is about 13 years old, with 16 GB of RAM, a 1…
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Would Linux Mint XFCE Be a Good Fit for My Older Desktop?
I'm considering moving away from Windows now that extended support is ending. My desktop is about 13 years old with 16 GB of RAM, a 1 TB hard…
Should I use ext4 or exFAT when formatting a drive for Linux?
I'm wiping a drive that I may later use as the destination for cloning another drive. It currently uses an ext3/ext4 filesystem, and I'm wondering whether there are…
Should I format this drive as ext4 or exFAT for Linux?
I'm wiping a drive now and may clone another drive onto it later. Its current filesystem is ext3/ext4, so I'm wondering whether I should format it as ext4…
Which filesystem should I use for long-term storage on a desktop HDD?
I bought an 8TB IronWolf hard drive for storing data copied from several 1TB drives. The plan is to keep additional copies in different locations, and I may…
Which filesystem should I use for long-term storage on a single desktop drive?
I bought an 8 TB IronWolf HDD and plan to consolidate data from several 1 TB drives onto it. The data includes photos, videos, projects, and other files,…
How risky is installing Windows on a separate NVMe alongside Linux drives?
I have three NVMe drives formatted with ext4 and want to install Windows on a fourth, completely separate NVMe drive. How likely is a modern Windows installation to…
How risky is installing Windows alongside Linux on separate NVMe drives?
I have three NVMe drives formatted with ext4 and want to install Windows on a fourth, dedicated NVMe drive. How likely is a current Windows installation to modify…
Why can’t the antiX installer use my internal disk?
I'm trying to install antiX on an old 32-bit Eee PC from a USB drive. I had to choose the frugal static option because it was the only…
Why doesn’t the installer detect my internal disk as an installation target?
I'm trying to install antiX on an old 32-bit Eee PC from a USB drive. I selected the frugal static option because it was the only one that…
Why does Fedora use FAT32, ext4, and Btrfs for different boot partitions?
I'm trying to understand why Linux offers so many filesystems and what their practical use cases are. My Fedora KDE installation created three different filesystems: /boot/efi as FAT32,…
Why does Fedora use FAT32, ext4, and Btrfs for different boot and system partitions?
I'm trying to understand why Linux installations use several different filesystems. On my Fedora KDE system, the installer created /boot/efi as FAT32, /boot as ext4, and the root…
How large should my /home partition be, and which filesystem is best for Linux Mint?
I'm switching from Windows to Linux Mint Cinnamon and the installer is asking me to create a separate /home partition. How much space should I allocate to it,…
How large should my /home partition be, and which filesystem is easiest to maintain?
I'm switching from Windows to Linux Mint Cinnamon and the installer is asking me to create a separate partition for /home. How much space should I allocate, and…
How should I reformat and organize my old games and storage partitions on CachyOS?
I recently switched my 1 TB HDD from Windows to CachyOS. It currently has three partitions: a 200 GB system partition and two older NTFS partitions—one for downloads,…
How should I reformat and mount my old games and storage partitions on CachyOS?
I recently installed CachyOS on a 1 TB hard drive and decided to keep it as my main operating system. The drive currently has a 200 GB system…
Can I safely convert an existing ext4 boot drive to Btrfs?
I installed Kubuntu 26.04 using the default ext4 filesystem, but I'm considering switching the system drive to Btrfs for features such as snapshots and built-in deduplication. I've found…
Can I safely switch an existing Kubuntu boot drive from ext4 to Btrfs?
I installed Kubuntu 26.04 using the default ext4 filesystem, but I'm considering switching the boot drive to Btrfs for features like snapshots and automatic deduplication. I've found tools…
How can I safely shrink my Windows partitions and expand Ubuntu?
I have a 512 GB drive with a 170 GB Windows C: partition, a 170 GB shared NTFS partition, and a 170 GB ext4 partition used by Ubuntu.…
How can I safely shrink my Windows partitions and expand Ubuntu?
I have a 512 GB drive divided into roughly three 170 GB partitions: a Windows C: partition, a shared NTFS partition, and an ext4 partition for Ubuntu. I…