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submitted 5 months ago by merompetehla@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I'd like to install linux mint xfce 21.3 and xubuntu 24.04 alongside the already present debian 12.5, but I don't know if I have to create the partitions before installing or if I'm guided to create the partitions while installing.

On debian 12.5 there are 3 partitions already: /boot/efi, /boot and nvme0 without a mount point, which I encrypted. I used lsblk to get this information.

Incidentally I ask: in the encrypted partition I reserved 50% of space for my home directory, created LV (logical volumes) for /var (9.2GiB) and /tmp (2 GiB) as well. Can I edit the size of these LV?

The other question is, am I installing too many distros on the same computer? CPU is an Intel Core i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz

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[-] merompetehla@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago
[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

Would installing them in virtual machines be a good option for you?

It would allow you to test them without having to go through all the trouble of repartitioning and risking to lose your data.

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