Hello! I have a /home partition that is almost full, and there is another partition nearby with a lot of free space. I would like to reduce the size of this neighboring partition and add the freed space to /home. I would like to do this safely, without using a Live USB or bootable flash drive. Is this possible?

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    7 hours ago

    That adds an unneccessary layer of complexity to thr situation. Resizing partitions isn’t difficult or takes long.

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      5 hours ago

      Hard disagree. Resizing partitions is dangerous and difficult for most computer users.

      (I’m a sysadmin who does this stuff multiple times a day, so this isn’t negative bias)

      Symlinking is quick, easy, totally safe. It’s one of the best things about linux filesystems. Use it.