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Re: OT: how much disk space for linux + windows



>>>>> "mw" == mw  <Michael.Wordehoff@gmx.de> writes:

mw> Hello List.  I am trying to buy a used laptop on ebay next time, but
mw> there's one question i'm quite unsure yet.  I would like to install
mw> both linux (debian ) and windows ( probably 2000 ) because i want to
mw> use it for networking exercises with my good old desktop box here.
mw> I wonder how much disk space i will need. I heard to give win2000
mw> about 10 GB at least, But I would not need win word or excell or
mw> such stuff.

FWIW, I have WinXP on a <4GB partition.  No MS Office, but I do have
OpenOffice.  I don't really use it much, so there are hardly any other
programs (the only other things would be Mozilla, Putty, and maybe some
other small things like GSView and acroread).

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