I am still running Ubuntu 20. My understanding is that later versions may allow more software instrumentation. And might slightly faster. Or not, for what we do.
Since I have trouble off and on, once I have a working procedure for setting up a LTS of Ubuntu why should I up grade while the LTS version is still supported?
Respectfully,
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association).
If you use SSD's and not spinning media, they still can be 'defragged' or in SSD parlance 'trimmed' This is beneficial in cleaning up garbage collection on SSD drives which provides more available space and assists wear-leveling of the drive.
Most OS do this automatically periodically. But you can also trim the drive manually.
sudo fstrim -a -v will do the job in a terminal.
The SSD drives themselves have to have that command instruction in them for it to work, but any modern SSD does have this.
https://www.theregister.com/2
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https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/the_end_of_absolute_linux/
An interesting Opinion piece about simplifying Linux.
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association).
I am still running Ubuntu 20.
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I am still running Ubuntu 20. My understanding is that later versions may allow more software instrumentation. And might slightly faster. Or not, for what we do.
Since I have trouble off and on, once I have a working procedure for setting up a LTS of Ubuntu why should I up grade while the LTS version is still supported?
Respectfully,
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association).
https://www.zdnet.com/article
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https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-keep-linux-optimized-and-save-time-with-stacer/
Is it actually useful for what we do? Who knows?
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https://www.howtogeek.com/115
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https://www.howtogeek.com/115229/htg-explains-why-linux-doesnt-need-defragmenting/#:~:text=When%20a%20file%20is%20edited,need%20for%20a%20defragmentation%20utility.
As a person who uses Linux as a production system in BOINC but who's Daily driver is Windows, I have wondered about this...
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If you are a gpu cruncher
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If you are a gpu cruncher with amd card and propritary driver, stay away from wayland! The old driver is only made for x11, not wayland.
Else, you could run it headless, or maybe only in text mode.
If you use SSD's and not
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If you use SSD's and not spinning media, they still can be 'defragged' or in SSD parlance 'trimmed' This is beneficial in cleaning up garbage collection on SSD drives which provides more available space and assists wear-leveling of the drive.
Most OS do this automatically periodically. But you can also trim the drive manually.
sudo fstrim -a -vwill do the job in a terminal.The SSD drives themselves have to have that command instruction in them for it to work, but any modern SSD does have this.