I guess the Live system does not include localization files for Bulgarian (only the installer is localized) and the relevant files must be downloaded through "Language support" (or something similar) in the "System settings" window of the newly installed system.

You need not reinstall but that may be the quicker way if you have not spent much time configuring, installing new programs, etc. You could also discover GRUB's password (the user is named "grub") from a live system: just read the file /etc/grub.d/01_PASSWORD on the root partition of the installed system. With this piece of information, you can then reboot (without the live system plugged) enter GRUB's configuration, edit the boot line to pass the "single" keyword among Linux's options, directly get a root terminal from which you can execute 'passwd user', where "user" is the login of the user you want the password modified. One more reboot and you can log in the system with that user (and his new password).

To manually partition your drive, choose the last option (maybe called "Something else") when the graphical installer asks you if Trisquel should take the whole disk, etc. You can then erase existing partitions, create new ones (with the types of filesystem of your choice) and decide what directory (/, /home, etc.) will be on it. You obviously need a root partition (i.e., mounted at /) to proceed. Nothing is mounted on a swap partition. 4 GB of swap probably is enough. The swap is not only used when the RAM is fulled but also when hibernating the system. In that latter case, the whole content of the RAM is dumped to the disk (I guess it is zipped first though) and that is why users who want to hibernate any non-swapping system want as much swap as they have RAM.

As for the chosen types of filesystems, Trisquel defaults to ext4 for the system (a very well tested type of filesystem) and XFS for /home. XFS is said to be particularly efficient to manage large files such as the user files (1 MB is large). It has a significant drawback though: it cannot be shrunk. But since you plan to use 50 GB for the system, you should be safe: the system will not need to take space over /home. If you feel a little adventurous, you could try Btrfs, a modern and efficient type of filesystem with many features. It is still said "experimental" in the kernel but many users have been using it for years now.

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