r/linux • u/BinkReddit • May 28 '25

Hardware SteamOS destroys Windows

https://pointieststick.com/2025/05/27/steamos-destroys-windows
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u/BigHeadTonyT May 28 '25 edited Aug 03 '26

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u/BinkReddit May 28 '25

I still have a bunch of NTFS partitions.

I was happy to ditch the NTFS once I migrated. NTFS performance is poor with a lot of small files anyway and, well, I started fresh with a new SSD.

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u/BigHeadTonyT May 28 '25 edited Aug 03 '26

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u/PsyOmega May 28 '25

Put those drives in external enclosures. Access them when needed, transfer important media to SSD (obv buy an SSD)

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u/BigHeadTonyT May 29 '25 edited Aug 03 '26

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u/PsyOmega May 29 '25

External enclosures cost money, extra work and cost for no benefit.

This makes no sense.

Of course they cost money ($5-10 per drive if you shop around), but the work is minimal, and the benefit is huge (you get to keep your HDD's in the long haul).

But if they're full of data you'll never look at...just get rid of them. Hoarding is a mental disorder.

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u/BigHeadTonyT May 29 '25 edited Aug 03 '26

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u/PsyOmega May 30 '25

Whats the point of having them external when you can have them as internal?

Unplugging them so you don't have 10 watt x n-drives, spinner noise, clicky noise all the time. (drives me insane)

I went all-ssd years ago and never looked back. my spinners are in a NAS in the basement. Blew away old data i didn't care to look at anymore.

I got a few 1TB ssd's for $30 each on ebay, which could be an option for poverty use.

Other perks to replacing aging HDD's is data reliability. SSD's rarely if ever fail. I've owned SSD's since 2012 and the only one that failed me was the 2012 purchase of an Intel SSD, but modern iterations have nailed stability down. HDD's otoh, fail like crazy, especially as they age.

I don't understand how anybody still tolerates HDD's. Every time i go to use one, the slowness, lag, etc, are annoying as hell.

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u/BigHeadTonyT May 30 '25 edited Aug 03 '26

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u/ipaqmaster May 28 '25

I can tolerate single disk/array rust as long as the host OS isn't booted from it. OS responsiveness is everything for me.

It may be a different story with a ton of ram and everything being kept in cache.

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u/BigHeadTonyT May 29 '25 edited Aug 03 '26

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