Re: [xubuntu-users] Installation questions

2019-04-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 16:11:30 +0100, David Wright wrote: >is TRIM still important/necessary? Hi, I don't know if a firmware mechanism could replace trim or if it shouldn't be needed for what ever other reason. My interpretation of the information provided by [1] is, that it's recommended to use per

Re: [xubuntu-users] Installation questions

2019-04-09 Thread David Wright
On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 at 04:32, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 8 Apr 2019 18:11:37 -0700, fred roller wrote: > >My experience with the hybrid hdd/SSD was to partition main storage > >(data being less sought) on the hdd and, if memory serves me, put the > >boot partition on the hdd. I wasn't overly co

Re: [xubuntu-users] Installation questions

2019-04-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 8 Apr 2019 18:11:37 -0700, fred roller wrote: >My experience with the hybrid hdd/SSD was to partition main storage >(data being less sought) on the hdd and, if memory serves me, put the >boot partition on the hdd. I wasn't overly concerned with boot time >since I rarely booted. What went on

Re: [xubuntu-users] Installation questions

2019-04-08 Thread chris
On 9/04/19 12:29 PM, J. Paul Bissonnette wrote: I upgraded Ubuntu Studio from 16.04 to 18.04 it totally trashed my system,  none of the 18,xx Ubuntu seem to install due to efi problems . Mint Linux 19 installs; I would rather have the Xubuntu look and feel. I'm going to reinstall 16.04 just hop

Re: [xubuntu-users] Installation questions

2019-04-08 Thread fred roller
My experience with the hybrid hdd/SSD was to partition main storage (data being less sought) on the hdd and, if memory serves me, put the boot partition on the hdd. I wasn't overly concerned with boot time since I rarely booted. What went on the SSD was anything that needs fast access etc. Persona

Re: [xubuntu-users] Installation questions

2019-04-08 Thread J. Paul Bissonnette
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Installation questions

2019-04-08 Thread linux . rog
Roger Broseus Pls excuse auto-correction induzed tiepos. -Original Message- From: David Wright To: Xubuntu Support and User Discussions Sent: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 6:32 AM Subject: [xubuntu-users] Installation questions Hi all I should hopefully be building a new PC at some point this year and w

Re: [xubuntu-users] Installation questions

2019-04-08 Thread David Wright
On Mon, 8 Apr 2019 at 13:28, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2019-04-08 at 14:22 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > Bought 03.02.2017, OCZ TL100 240GB 77,95€ Health 65%, Power-On Hours > Count 15169, Host Writes 278773, Bad Block Count 0 > > Bought 27.07.2017, OCZ TL100 240GB 86,50€ Health 86%, Power-O

Re: [xubuntu-users] Installation questions

2019-04-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2019-04-08 at 14:22 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Bought 03.02.2017, OCZ TL100 240GB 77,95€ Health 65%, Power-On Hours Count > 15169, Host Writes 278773, Bad Block Count 0 > Bought 27.07.2017, OCZ TL100 240GB 86,50€ Health 86%, Power-On Hours Count > 12289, Host Writes 107154, Bad Block Co

Re: [xubuntu-users] Installation questions

2019-04-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, people who worry about a write cycle related lifespan of SSDs and treat SSDs with kid gloves make their lives painful for no reason. It's also not worth to worry about less fast and very fast SSDs, since even a "slow" SSD won't be the performance bottleneck. At the moment I'm using 4 internal

Re: [xubuntu-users] Installation questions

2019-04-08 Thread David Walland
Hi David, I've only used a single SSD on my Xubuntu systems. As long as you protect it from being written to more than necessary, it's fine. On an ancient system running Xubuntu 2010 LTS with 1 GB of memory (the max) and a 30GB SSD, I can go from cold start to on the internet in 15 secs! My mai

[xubuntu-users] Installation questions

2019-04-08 Thread David Wright
Hi all I should hopefully be building a new PC at some point this year and wanted to gauge opinion on a couple of points. 1. SSD - my plan is to have the OS on a nice fast SSD and all my files on a regular hard-drive. do I have to do anything different during installation or will Xubuntu "just s