I am new in Ubuntu. I going to install Ubuntu 16.04 in my PC. How much minimum disk space should I assign to root ans swap? When I install any software where is it stored actually? I have 4GB RAM and a 500GB HDD.
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A very general principle that I use is an equal amount of swap as you have in RAM. So, as I see you have 4GB of RAM, I would mark down 4GB of swap. As to hard disk space, if you are not storing any personal files on it, you have plenty with 15GB.
That's coming from a hard user who does a fair amount of video production and photo editing: if you're a somewhat less aggressive user on your resources, you would be fine with half as much swap.
I see that you have a 500GB HD: I would recommend 8GB of swap (too much can't hurt) and the rest partitioned off as your root partition. You'll have plenty of space for some personal files as well.
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