[vox-tech] Need Partitioning Advice

[Bob Scofield]

I'm thinking about getting a new laptop for myself and a new desktop for 
my wife.  I know that for these computers I definitely want a separate 
partition for /home.

I notice that on my present Linux machines that I have a separate 
partition for /tmp.  And of course there are separate partitions for / 
and swap.  That's all the separate partitions I have.

How important is it to have a separate partition for /tmp?  I've got 2G 
on the desktop I'm using right now.  The partition for / is 15G.  I 
vaguely recall a discussion here years ago and people saying that /tmp 
is on a separate partition to prevent / from being crowded.  Does it 
make sense to have a 2G /tmp?  Does it make any difference if one does 
not have a separate partition for /tmp but instead adds 2G to /?

Thanks for you help.

Bob