Are there any benefits, in terms of performance or security in ‘wiping’ or overwriting an SSD before reinstalling Linux? And if so, what is the best way of doing it?

I’m planning on doing a clean install of Debian 13 on my laptop soon.

I’m currently on Fedora and using encryption and will be using encryption on Debian too. I do not have a separate home partition.

Thanks :)

  • HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org
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    12 hours ago

    Depends on how important it is to keep confidentiality.

    Best way to secure already written unencrypted data is probably putting the device into a microwave, and then burning it.

    For new data on Linux, LUKS encryption should probably be fine.