SSD Trim command?

Andrew · Aug 1, 2019

SSD Trimming.

Hello Guys, anyone know a terminal command to run a trim on an ssd. (EXT4)
PS: This awesome KDE OS deserves a steam install via repo! Were is Amarok?

fjmorazan · Aug 2, 2019

Andrew Hi, you can run trim operations using the fstrim tool. You just need to be sure you mounted first the volume before trimming

sudo fstrim -v /path/to/the/mounted/volumeor

Also, you can use sudo fstrim -Av or sudo fstrim -av to trim all mounted volumes

demm · Aug 2, 2019

All KaOS installs come default with the discard option, check your /etc/fstab, that is the continuous form of the trim command.

Andrew deserves a steam install via repo!

32bit only apps will never make it to the KaOS repositories.
https://kaosx.us/about/32bit/

For Amarok, see the very first, stickied post in this forum.
https://forum.kaosx.us/d/1469-qt-4-removal/

tatizaffaroni · Aug 3, 2019

steam install via "DISCOVER"

DeMus · Aug 3, 2019

It surprises me that the fstrim.timer is not used like in other distro's. This ensures that once a week the trim command is executed automatically so you can't forget it, and also that you don't do it too often.
A continuous trim is, according to many, not necessary and also not something you want cause it can damage the SSD.

What I normally do is:

sudo systemctl enable fstrim.timer
sudo systemctl start fstrim.timer

Plus, of course, remove the discard option in the /etc/fstab file for every partition located on an SSD.