I'm installing Edubuntu LTS 14.04 on one of my older laptops. I've read that trim is enabled by default for Intel and Samsung SSDs. No good for me -- I have a Samsung SSD, but not in this machine. This machine has a generic brand 120 GB M.2 card mounted in a SATA adapter cradle to fit a standard 2.5" laptop drive bay. It was good to go with Windows -- Windows recognized it as an SSD and presumably took care of it.
Is there any truth to the fact that Ubuntu trims Intel and SSD drives only? If so (or even if not), is there anything I need to do to this installation once it's finished? I guess the biggest things with a Windows installation is to ensure that the scheduled defrag is NOT enabled, so you don't defrag the SSD. With Ubuntu, that's not a factor. But I'd still like to know if there's anything I need to do to this.
Various posts on sites like Tomshardware talk about running a weekly automated chron script or something like that. But there doesn't seem to be much consensus on what is the right thing to do. I know a lot of you guys will know the "real" answer.
Thanks.
Is there any truth to the fact that Ubuntu trims Intel and SSD drives only? If so (or even if not), is there anything I need to do to this installation once it's finished? I guess the biggest things with a Windows installation is to ensure that the scheduled defrag is NOT enabled, so you don't defrag the SSD. With Ubuntu, that's not a factor. But I'd still like to know if there's anything I need to do to this.
Various posts on sites like Tomshardware talk about running a weekly automated chron script or something like that. But there doesn't seem to be much consensus on what is the right thing to do. I know a lot of you guys will know the "real" answer.
Thanks.