Eh, just use LVM. I have no idea why it isn't a standard on some distros. Then you can mix, match and resize at will, and as a bonus you can migrate system live

Eh, just use LVM. I have no idea why it isn't a standard on some distros. Then you can mix, match and resize at will, and as a bonus you can migrate system live from one device to another without rebooting. > (If you're willing to use swap files anyway you can always add more swap space with a swap file even if you started with a swap partition. However, if your swap partition is too big, shrinking it or limiting how much of it gets used is more annoying.) You can't shrink swap file without swapoff & swapon anyway so it's illusion of an improvement