urgent advice needed for 100% Ubuntu-compatible desktop

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 23:59:46 +0200, Xen wrote:
>Ralf Mardorf schreef op 05-10-2017 23:47:
>> On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 11:25:42 +0200, Xen wrote:  
>>> SSDs are not good for repeated, sequential writing. I would still
>>> suggest for data use a HDD, but that's up to you.  
>> 
>> I switched to internal SSDs. Even if they shouldn't last for long,
>> mine were inexpensive and I backup all data (and Linux installs) to
>> external HDDs.  
>
>Ralf, I did not say it to argue with you as to what's best.

Since the OP mentioned:
>heavy "office work"= fast and responsive, even with 20+ tabs
>of Firefox open, and 5/6 big libreoffice docs, slideshows..
>digikam and maybe gimp... all open at the same time

A lot of RAM and perhaps a SSD for data might be useful. I guess it
doesn't matter that much, how long it takes to boot and to open Firefox,
LibreOffice or even to load the one or other library on demand.
Reloading/using high amounts of data should be done from RAM and if
needed from a SSD.