default partition scheme without /home - why ?

[Les Mikesell]

Benny Amorsen wrote:
> 
>> What about a separate /usr, or a separate /var?  These can both be
>> quite beneficial,
> 
> What are the benefits of separate /usr and /var? I can think of two:
> 1) one partition getting full doesn't affect the rest of the system
> 2) hard links aren't possible across partitions
> 
> Are there others? Disk quota could help with 1), and is 2) really a
> great benefit on the desktop?

The big one is that when you reinstall (which every fedora user should 
have done 8 times already with no end in sight), you can tell the 
installer not to format your /home partition and keep your own data.

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