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I'm about to install a linux distro. Wondering about which size to allocated to home and root. I know the home partition will generally contain the user's files and stuffs. I want to know: when installing a package, does it store on the root partition, or the home? That would help me to determine which size to allocate to root and home.

Update: Currently running Windows 8.1 Pro and Ubuntu on it. Windows 2 partitions: 200GB, 146GB. Ubuntu: 50GB, Swap 4GB. New linux distro (Kali 2.0) to be installed on 50GB of unformatted space

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Usually packages are installed in /usr/lib (part of root) or /opt directory.

Most of the app will use space allocated to root.

Some exceptional cases installs modules only available to single user goes in local directory.

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