In Is a 40GB SSD practical to use for ' / ' Jorge describes how he symlinks directories in his /home
that would benefit from being on an SSD. The directories he names are
~/.cache
~/.config
~/.gconf
I know how to make the symlinks. What I am asking for is if this is a good list of directories in /home
that benefits from being on an SSD? I figure that good items on such a list are files that are read often. The reason for asking this is that I cannot fit all of /home
on the SSD but I still want to get as much performance out of the SSD as possible.
Best Answer
Here's a list of other things that might be useful (I've made this a wiki post so anyone can add to it):
.cache
- temporty cache files for browsers and other programs..config
- config files for programs.gconfd
abd.gconf
- GNOME configuration files.gegl-0.0
– file for GIMP.gimp-2.6
– files for GIMP.gnome2
– used by some GNOME 2 applications.gvfs
– data folder for the GNOME virtual filesystem.local
– user specific data. You will lose the Nautilus Trash functionality if this directory is put on a different partition..macromedia
– files for flash.mozilla
– where all your Mozilla Firefox cache is.thumbnails
– thumbnails for pictures, videos, etc (used by Nautilus).thunderbird
– where all your Mozilla Thunderbird cache is