On 2024-05-17 10:29, Thomas Lauer wrote:
> Most if not all modern SSDs don't need this sort of massaging anymore.
> (Having said that, I still have all browser caches (and much besides) on
> a RAM disk.)
This might sound silly but for me it's a matter of principle, I believe 
in frugality for it's own sake, it cultivates the 'right' mindset.  But 
from what I understand these SSDs are very good at reallocating cells 
that have reached their write limits, so a nearly empty disk -- 
everything I have is under 30G and the disk is 240G -- gives lots of 
room for that kind of thing.  smartctl reports the disk has 92% of its 
life left.  I guess with solid state they can be quite sure of that  
number, vs. the rather harder to predict life of mechanical parts.