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Re: Strange statistics from gparted

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On Sun, Feb 07, 2021 at 12:39:59PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I am experimenting with custom installs of MATE on Debian 10.7 .
> My goal is to minimize its footprint on disk, and reduce menu clutter.
> I have a default install with / on sda1.
> The custom install has / on sda2.
> Both installs use /sda3 for /home.
> 
> When running gparted from the first, it reports
>   sda1 used space is 3.85 GB
>   sda2 used space is 2.25 GB
> 
> When running gparted from the second, it reports
>   sda1 used space is 4.77 GB
>   sda2 used space is 1.80 GB
> 
> Why?
> TIA ;}

You may not have kept up with recent installers: the default size of swap 
is now smaller since it's almost never used.

Did you install both exactly the same way using the same media?

Andy Cater
> 
> 
> 

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