Re: OT: Best kind of distro for SSD?
On 04.09.2025 10:50 riveravaldez riveravaldez wrote:
> Seems to me that SSDs are more prone to deteriorate than classic HDD,
> so, less the use more the duration, let's say.
SSDs "wear out" when write operations occur.
Some computer magazines tested to intentionally destroy an SSD by doing
permanent write operations with random data on them and that lasted
years.
> Then, having to install a distro on a new SSD, I'm looking for advice:
> is it better to use a rolling-release distro, a traditional stable, a
> frugal installation, atomic/immutable, etc.?, maybe it doesn't matter?
> What's the best kind of distro/system, installation and use, for an
> SSD?
Any, as the amount of write operations caused by system updates is
irrelevant compared to the amount of write operations they can handle.
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