Re: [luv-beginners] linux noob - install problems, installfests?

Wen Lin wrote:

One key point: *BIOS and UEFI: set it to AHCI*

Unless you're dual-booting, *always* set your SATA controllers to AHCI. The options "legacy", "hybrid" and "PATA" are worse choices for Linux. Erratum: current hardware seems to add NVMe, which appears to be better? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NVMe_vs_AHCI

using the parameter 'noatime'.

The default should be relatime (check /proc/mounts), which should be near enough. Changing it to noatime will break a handful of programs, but you probably don't use them anyway.