SSD reassurance: planning Debian install on SSD
by Sploog from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4PX3X)
I plan to buy a new computer with an SSD and install Debian (latest stable: 10 buster). I'll keep user files on the traditional hard disk from my current PC (NTFS for access from windows apps running in a virtual machine).
I have read https://wiki.debian.org/SSDOptimization which scares me a bit. If I just install to the SSD, and then create a RAM disk for /tmp, am I likely to run into any problems?
Is there an easy way to get notification if the machine starts to use /swap for anything other than hibernation? Or is swapping to SSD reasonably OK nowadays?
Many thanks for any reassurance you can give me, I haven't used Linux since I retired a few years ago, and a few things have changed.
I have read https://wiki.debian.org/SSDOptimization which scares me a bit. If I just install to the SSD, and then create a RAM disk for /tmp, am I likely to run into any problems?
Is there an easy way to get notification if the machine starts to use /swap for anything other than hibernation? Or is swapping to SSD reasonably OK nowadays?
Many thanks for any reassurance you can give me, I haven't used Linux since I retired a few years ago, and a few things have changed.