On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 09:49:58AM -0700, Rich Freeman wrote > On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 8:32 AM, Alan McKinnon <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Another example is LVM. You or I might really need it (debatable now we > > have ZFS) but the average user has no concept of what it might be, or > > care. So why do Ubuntu installers shove it in your face as something > > really cool that you should really really use? Because the author of the > > installer thinks it's really cool, that's why. > > > > Maybe. > > Or maybe because when that computer's hard drive starts getting full > and you add a new hard drive, if you're using lvm with a few commands > you can make your /home expand across both drives, while with straight > partitions that is a lot more work.
1) I don't recall having added a hard drive for many years. 2) How difficult is it to symlink directories? -- Walter Dnes <[email protected]> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
