Separately /home partition

fdisk -l result:

Disk /dev/sda: 37,31 GiB, 40060403712 bytes, 78242976 sectors
Disk model: SAMSUNG SP0411N 
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0da30da2

Device     Boot Start      End  Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1        2048 78235647 78233600 37,3G 83 Linux


Disk /dev/sdb: 232,89 GiB, 250059350016 bytes, 488397168 sectors
Disk model: WDC WD2500AAJS-0
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 5A411F02-CD3D-8848-B629-446ED8EFC5A3

Device        Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sdb1      2048     18431     16384     8M BIOS boot
/dev/sdb2     18432  18472959  18454528   8,8G Linux swap
/dev/sdb3  18472960 488392031 469919072 224,1G Linux filesystem


Disk /dev/loop0: 4 KiB, 4096 bytes, 8 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop1: 55,49 MiB, 58183680 bytes, 113640 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop2: 65,21 MiB, 68378624 bytes, 133552 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop3: 62,2 MiB, 65224704 bytes, 127392 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop4: 42,17 MiB, 44220416 bytes, 86368 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop5: 164,76 MiB, 172761088 bytes, 337424 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Yes ─ there is no substitute for backups on a separate drive. Absolutely! :wink:

Well, having a separate /home does allow you to reinstall the system without touching your personal data. And in that regard, an @home subvolume in btrfs does not offer any solace, because it would technically still be on the same filesystem as the rest.

So, with that in mind, a separate partition for /home would be recommended. But then again, if you do regularly make backups on a separate drive, then the point is a bit moot, because you’ll always have your backups to restore from. :wink: