hey im installing kubuntu on my laptop and im wondering on whats the best way to partition it so my /home drive is on its own partition so if i install another OS i dont have to move over all my files like music which can take ages the size is 941.1 GB so if you could give me some numbers which would work well that would be great cheers
Assuming your drive is linux only, that your laptop / desktop has UEFI, and that you need an options directory / a scratch directory:
/ (root) - sda1 - 20GB XFS
/boot/EFI (if you have antergos / manjaro flag it as esp) - sda2 - 500 to 800mb (if it doesn't format for you use FAT32)
/opt (or /scratch) - sda3 - 40-80 GB XFS
/home - sda4 - whateverGB XFS
Use XFS on an SSHD / HDD for faster file recalls. You won't need anymore than 20 GB for your root, like ever. If you need swap, put it after your esp and use 2 - 4 GB if you have 8+ GB ram, 4 - 6 if you have less than 8GB ram. If you have the option of using 2 hard drives, then set your /home on the second drive and use the blank space left on your boot drive for another OS or use it as scratch space.
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well its a single 1TB hdd and linux is the only OS ive got installed on it so just use the settings you said then and itll have the /home on its own?
yup
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cheers