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Out-of-the-Box, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS To Support TRIM On SSDs

Posted by timothy on from the keep-it-snappy dept.

First time accepted submitter Maurits van der Schee writes "Where in older versions you had to add a cron job calling "fstrim" or mounting with the "discard" option in fstab, the new LTS (Long Term Stable) version of Ubuntu Linux will automatically enable TRIM for your SSD. Good news for hardware enthusiasts!"

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  1. Stable? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    "LTS is an abbreviation for "Long Term Support"."

  2. Re:It's Long-term support... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    along with the typical comments about Windows 7 having the feature since introduction

    Well, let me be that guy... ;)

    Windows implements TRIM command for more than just file delete operations. The TRIM operation is fully integrated with partition- and volume-level commands like format and delete, with file system commands relating to truncate and compression, and with the Volume Snapshot feature.[1]

  3. Out-of-the-box? by rossdee · · Score: 4, Informative

    Does Linux come in a box these days, I thought you just downloaded it, and didn't have to pay for it and the packaging...

  4. Ubuntu != Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's been in the kernel for a long time now, google tells me since 2.6.33 (Which was released early 2010, about a half a year after Windows 7 was released). Ubuntu 12.04 (The last LTS) shipped with 3.2, so you could already enable TRIM using 12.04. This announcement is nothing more then a default settings change, I have no idea why it's even a big deal (Or why this wasn't already the default, I've been using it for a while now).

  5. Re:WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    You don't waste mod points on an AC

    Mod up good ideas. The name (or lack therof) is irrelevant.