Enable periodic TRIM (#882)

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/archinstall/lib/installer.py b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
index 260094c8..4ba304f6 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/installer.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
@@ -390,6 +390,11 @@ class Installer:
 		self.log('Enabling espeakup.service for speech synthesis (accessibility).', level=logging.INFO)
 		self.enable_service('espeakup')
 
+	def enable_periodic_trim(self) -> None:
+		self.log("Enabling periodic TRIM")
+		# fstrim is owned by util-linux, a dependency of both base and systemd.
+		self.enable_service("fstrim.timer")
+
 	def enable_service(self, *services :str) -> None:
 		for service in services:
 			self.log(f'Enabling service {service}', level=logging.INFO)
@@ -571,6 +576,13 @@ class Installer:
 		self.pacstrap(self.base_packages)
 		self.helper_flags['base-strapped'] = True
 
+		# Periodic TRIM may improve the performance and longevity of SSDs whilst
+		# having no adverse effect on other devices. Most distributions enable
+		# periodic TRIM by default.
+		#
+		# https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/880
+		self.enable_periodic_trim()
+
 		# TODO: Support locale and timezone
 		# os.remove(f'{self.target}/etc/localtime')
 		# sys_command(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.target} ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/{localtime} /etc/localtime')