<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'DejaVu Sans Mono'; font-size:9pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">On Wednesday 13 May 2009 16:42:45 Malcolm Smith wrote:<br>
> > I'd like to give a short talk/discussion at tonight's Herts LUG<br>
> > meeting about optimising GNU/Linux filesystems for use with SSDs<br>
> > (Solid-State Drive). It may also apply to other OS's.<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>> Just to clarify: I'll be presenting some original ideas I have about<br>
> SSD usage, as well as a basic grounding in which models to buy/avoid.<br>
> Don't expect a lavish one-hour PowerPoint demo with benchmarks and<br>
> posh biscuits! I'll be working from olde-style paper notes - if I get<br>
> time to write any!<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>Sounds interesting. I expect we could all be using SSD in a few years.<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>> And I have some special offers for you, Ladies and Gentlemen!<br>
><br>
> For ONE NIGHT ONLY, I am giving away some classic collectable rare<br>
> early editions of Linux Format and Linux Magazine, dating from<br>
> BackInTheDays(TM) of Issue #1 in 2000! For free! Not just that, a<br>
> Sinclair ZX Spectrum too! There may well be other stuff soon too<br>
> (Beebs, 486, PII, PIII machines if anyone is interested). See:<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>I may bring along my own spare bits of kit. Last chance to grab them before I try Freecycle. If it's been lying around for several years then the chances of me doing anything with it are pretty slim. I just can't bear to dump working kit.<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>-- <br>
Steve</p></body></html>