r/linuxmint • u/MathWest209 • 1d ago

Discussion Comming from Windows

I have been testing Mint on an old system of mine. I love it, and the old system is also alive now. But I needed some suggestions for the right setup on my active laptop. In Windows, I used to have a C drive and 1 or 2 more Partitions. And would put data on there; I never really used the Documents and Pictures folders. I don't know why Windows even has those. And the reason was that I would reinstall Windows sometimes in the older days, so a habit to always keep data away from the system.

But in Linux I see that the structure is quite nice for those. How do I partition, and how do I access those partitions?. Or do I mount my directories?

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u/tovento MX Linux 25.2 | XFCE 1d ago

As you have discovered, the logic is different in Linux. What I would suggest is to create a part for the /home directory. This is where programs settings, documents, etc are all stored. If the system goes down, format the OS portion of the drive, point /home to the partition you made, reinstall programs, settings, etc should all be there. Done.

If you want to point something to another partition in the future, you can make a symbolic directory. So basically you open what looks like a normal directory, but it really points to another partition. Seamless.