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My root uses about 180GiB and I am tempted to buy an SSD.
I can't afford a large one so I would like to buy 128GB but I would need to get down to about 100GiB.
I have a lot of RAM so I can create a ram disk.
What things can I do to get my install down in size.
Can I set portage to only keep the latest dist file in /usr/portage/distfiles ?
That's only 30Gib though. 
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some things you can do is attach a tmpfs to /tmp
add another hard drive and split up your install and keep / on the SSD and move maybe other things like /home and /usr maybe /opt to another hard drive
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bjlockie
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| djdunn wrote: | some things you can do is attach a tmpfs to /tmp
add another hard drive and split up your install and keep / on the SSD and move maybe other things like /home and /usr maybe /opt to another hard drive |
Does /usr change much?
/home is 77G so I can get a small SSD if I move that. 
The OS is only 20G or so.
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How do you get a 180GB root partition ? 
Keep / including /home on your SSD and move your data to another hard drive (especially media files). Use /home to only store your dotfiles and preferences.
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| Tom_ wrote: | How do you get a 180GB root partition ?
Keep / including /home on your SSD and move your data to another hard drive (especially media files). Use /home to only store your dotfiles and preferences. |
Agreed. The whole point of using an SSD is to have things start and load faster. This means you should put things that are accessed on boot or on program startup on the SSD. Large files should be stored on magnetic. |
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