[Solved] Files cant find my Download folder

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Is this an HDD or an SSD drive you have? If HDD choose the 'Something Else' method at point of install.

  1. Create a 512 Mb FAT32 partition for /boot/efi
  2. Create a Primary Ext4 partition of 80 Gb and mark it as '/' (without the quotes)
  3. Create an Extended Partition - at the End of the extended partition using Gparted, (this is graphically the furthest to the right) create a swap area equivalent to double your RAM).
  4. Create /home to the left of the swap area, formatted to Ext4

If an SSD, as for 1 and 2 for HDD, then if you have 4 Gb RAM or mor, no need for swap, just make whatever is left after '/' as /home, formatted to Ext4. If an SSD you will need to deploy 'TRIM' to keep your SSD healthy (Windows does this automatically). Best to use Trim as a Cron job.

From Brave A.I. Search engine:

Setup TRIM as Cron Job

To set up TRIM as a Cron job on a Linux system, you can create a script and place it in the appropriate Cron directory. Here’s how you can do it:

  1. Create the Cron Script:
  • Open a text editor and create a script file, for example, /etc/cron.daily/trim .
  • Add the following content to the file:
#!/bin/sh
LOG=/var/log/trim.log
echo "*** $(date -R) ***" >> $LOG
fstrim -v / >> $LOG
  • This script will run fstrim on the root partition (/ ) and log the output to /var/log/trim.log .
  1. Make the Script Executable:
  • Change the permissions of the script to make it executable:
chmod +x /etc/cron.daily/trim
  1. Configure Cron:
  • Ensure that the Cron daemon is enabled and running. You can check its status with:
systemctl status cron
  • If it’s not running, start and enable it with:
systemctl start cron
systemctl enable cron
  1. Verify the Cron Job:
  • To verify that the Cron job is set up correctly, you can check the Cron logs or the log file specified in the script (/var/log/trim.log ).

Alternatively, you can use an intelligent Cron job script like SSDcronTRIM which automatically decides how often to trim one or more SSD partitions based on usage:

  • Clone the SSDcronTRIM repository and follow the installation instructions provided in the repository.

For more detailed instructions on setting up Cron jobs, you can refer to resources like the PhoenixNap guide on setting up Cron jobs in Linux.

[My day is now taken up with chores, first off, finishing (hopefully) jetwashing the patio. Aaaarrrrrggggghhhh!]