Hardware: Thinkpad T420s
- 320 GB Hard Disk, 4 GB ram (currently in single channel mode), Intel HD Graphics (no nVidia GPU), currently running on Windows 10 Pro.

Situation: I am kinda annoyed since Windows 10 tends to update when I need it to just work (in the middle of class, or when its near the term paper submission deadlines, so I wanted to move to Linux, and Devuan seems like a good choice). I want to do a manual installation so I can dual boot Windows 10 in case I need to. However, I'm clueless (new to Linux) when it comes to the partitioning stage (most Linux youtubers just pick the "use entire disk/erase disk" option since they run Devuan in VirtualBox).

1. How many partitions should I create? Root, Home, Swap, or Just Root and Swap? What happens to Home if I don't create it as a separate partition?
2. How much storage should I give the individual partitions given my laptop's HDD capacity?
3. Post-installation: how do I install media codecs and drivers? What are the drivers I will need on a mostly Intel laptop?
4. Given my hardware specs, which DE should I use with Devuan?
5. Additional question: when is the next version of Devuan coming?

Thanks in Advance