According to phoronix, BFQ’s performance pretty much exceeds expectations. And according to CNX Software, the latest kernels improved BFQ’s performance even further while fixing a bunch of issues. So let’s try turning this thing on.

Summer’s here and my laptop keeps getting hotter, so time for a cooling mod. Besides the usual thermal paste swap, I also went after the SSD this time.

A while back I wanted to play Vanquish, so I dug out the old Plextor 128M6G I’d retired to make a Windows To Go drive. Turns out it was dead. Specifically, the thing wouldn’t format and wouldn’t partition. Pretty sure it was gone. I’d originally planned to just grab some no-name SSD like a KingSpec, but I’m too broke for that, so I checked and the warranty on this thing was still valid. If it’s still under warranty, might as well use it, right?

Today I found out I got played. TRIM Enabled By Default For SSDs On Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr I was pretty stoked when I saw that news, since it meant I wouldn’t have to tweak anything myself, so after moving to 14.04 I never bothered turning on TRIM manually. Then today I noticed both my laptop and desktop had disk speed problems. The desktop was slow to boot, and the laptop would randomly hitch. Both machines had been running their installs for a while. So I figured I’d check whether TRIM was even on…