I have a 32 GB mSATA drive which I set to be the mountpoint of /.
Then I have a 500 GB drive which is set to be /home.
I just did a clean install of Ubuntu 14.04 (but kept my home folder) and noticed a few things. First of all, my mSATA went from having 29 GB full to only 4 GB. I had to re-install several applications from the software center and other repositories.
I am thinking about how to keep my SSD from getting full as I install new software (which tend to install in /opt or /usr). I believe I can use symbolic links, but was curious if that was the best way, or if I can truly mount them on the other drive.
Additionally are there ways to make some programs install in /home? When I download scripts I have placed them in a ~/Apps folder. The nice thing about this was these programs were preserved after the clean re-install, so I could get back to work faster.
