partition management in dual-boot laptop / limited space

[Joe Zeff]

On 01/06/2016 02:21 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
> Simpler is certainly no LVM, and single volume (combined root and home).
> And do directory based backup of home.

Safest, however, is two partitions, without LVM: / and /home.  That way, 
you can re-install from scratch if you have to without worrying about 
data loss, although it's always best, of course, to have a recent backup.