On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 10:55 AM, Michael Mol <mike...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The sad truth is that many (most?) users don't understand the idea of > unmounting. Even Microsoft largely gave up, having flash drives "optimized for > data safety" as opposed to "optimized for speed". While it'd be nice if the > average John Doe would follow instructions, anyone who's worked in IT > understands that the average John Doe...doesn't. And above-average ones assume > they know better and don't have to. >
If these users are the target of your OS then you should probably tune the settings accordingly. This mailing list notwitstanding (sometimes), I don't think this is really Gentoo's core audience. -- Rich