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It's fine. I give my systems a 20G or 30G root file system.
If you use Flatpak then make sure you do user installs. If you add the remote as a user remote then all installs are user installs.
If you use VMs then create a storage pool for the disks in your home filesystem. I create a
/home/libvirt/for this.Basically just be mindful not to fill your root filesystem.
Would you please explain (then all installs are user install). I dont use flatpack, but the last time I used it (on Tumbleweed) I remember it downloaded its applications/runtime stuff to /var/lib/flatpak then installing them to ~/.local/share/flatpak in the home folder of every user who runs those flatpak applications.
You added the Flatpak repo as a "system" repo with:
As such, the downloaded applications are stored by the system in
/varlike you said.If you run installs as user installs, eg:
Then the application is stored in your home directory, not in
/var.You can also add the Flatpak repo as a "user" repo, eg:
Now all installs will behave as if you passed
--userto the install command. All installs will go to your home directory, none will go to/varThank you very much for the explanations.
No worries! I hope this helps you enjoy Flatpak :)