[18:25] <Square3> Is sane to use gparted to shrink the OS/system partition?
[18:31] <rfm> Square3, yes, but have a backup and don't do it with that partition mounted and booted.  Boot off a live CD/USB, ubuntu install images are fine.
[18:35] <Square3> rfm, thanks
[18:56] <Square3> Say I want to create an archive of my home folder and pick "nodes" at any level with in it, is there a GUI program that lets you do this?