News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
QDiskInfo, the free open-source S.M.A.R.T. utility, released new 0.4 version in last week!
For those who don’t know about QDiskInfo, it’s a frontend for smartctl to control and monitor SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) Disks, such as SATA and NVMe SSD.
This tutorial shows you how to check the health status, amount of read/written data, temperature, media error, and other useful info of your SSD in Ubuntu.
For Windows, there’s a popular CrystalDiskInfo utility for reading and monitoring HDD/SSD disk status. For those who’re looking for free open-source alternatives for Linux, here are 3 options:
smartctl command line utility.
