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Re: Return a Debian system to a pristine state



On Sb, 30 mai 20, 10:27:14, Tixy wrote:
> On Sat, 2020-05-30 at 08:06 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Sb, 30 mai 20, 10:51:37, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> > > John Hasler wrote:
> > > > Perhaps what you want is something which will tell you which
> > > > programs
> > > > have gone unused for the longest time.  
> > > 
> > > That would be nice too.
> > 
> > As already mentioned, the package popularity-contest does that, 
> > somewhat.
> 
> But, if I remember correct, relies on filesystems having file access
> time-stamping enabled. Which for many years hasn't been the default or
> recommended, due to the extra disk accesses required (causing worse
> performance and SSD wear).

According to mount(8) the default is 'relatime', which in my 
understanding is a compromise, i.e. it should be good enough for 
popularity-contest.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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