good deal for a stout Linux machine $499

good deal for a stout Linux machine $499

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  • March 2, 2019 at 1:05 am #150668
    Brad
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    I swapped out the HDD for my 500GB 2.5″ Samsung 850 EVO SATA SSD.  Windows 10 and all my Linux partitions booted up fine with no changes or config needed (though this could be non optimal, dunno if I should reinstall for proper drivers config, but I don’t use Windows much at all so don’t care).  Manjaro 18 boots up in around 6-7 seconds from this drive.  I also currently have LinuxMint Mate installed completely on the Optane drive (just for testing right now).  This boots up equally as fast.
    Btw, I’m using the rEFInd Boot Manager to control multi-booting everything. But I think Grub would also work fine for a simple Windows/Linux dual boot config.

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    March 2, 2019 at 1:38 am #150669
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    If you don’t already have a decent SSD you can get a pretty decent 250GB M.2 NVMe SSD now for often around US $50 to $70.

     

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    March 5, 2019 at 9:08 pm #150708
    Brad
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    When I benchmarked this little Intel Optane NVMe drive it measured twice as fast as my 2.5″ Samsung 850 EVO SATA SSD.  Around 950MBps versus around 500MBps for the Samsung. So it makes sense to install the Linux OS root (/) onto this and put (/home/user) on the HD or SATA SSD in my case.

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