Ubuntu 14.04 LTS does place (at least the primary drive) into EXT4 partition when installed on a clean install (not residing on top of Win-Junk).

In this case, if you have just set up a new system, or formatted fresh on an old system and then did a clean install, then by default with 14.04 LTS, you have an EXT4 Partition at /dev/sda1.

Now, just open a Terminal (CTRL-ALT-T) and type:

sudo e4defrag -c /dev/sda1

and be patient until the 'check' is completed and you get the fragmentation report back.

If you aren't confident about having an EXT4 Partition on your OS drive, simply go HOME and type df -T. Look to see what your sda* partitions are set to (try this in 14.04LTS, and you'll see EXT4 unless you chose another partition type upon harddrive setup).

We MUST stop making command-line so intimidating for 'latent Win-Junk users' who are just seeing the light. I say 'command-line' and my wife's eyes freeze in abstract terror, because I once told her that unlike Win-Junk, when UNIX was first programmed, they didn't feel they needed to ask you 12-times 'do you really, really want to delete this?' before they honored your DEL and eradicated the trash. Of all the things I have ever said, in 30-years of marriage, this is probably one of the only things she has ever taken to heart, and remembered forever.

I am only now getting her away from her fear of 'TERMINAL' and 'COMMAND-LINE' phrases, to where she will actually use Linux (then again, she's been using it for years in our home and work networks, and never realized it, either).

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS does place (at least the primary drive) into EXT4 partition when installed on a clean install (not residing on top of Win-Junk).

In this case, if you have just set up a new system, or formatted fresh on an old system and then did a clean install, then by default with 14.04 LTS, you have an EXT4 Partition at /dev/sda1.

Now, just open a Terminal (CTRL-ALT-T) and type:

sudo e4defrag -c /dev/sda1

and be patient until the 'check' is completed and you get the fragmentation report back.

If you aren't confident about having an EXT4 Partition on your OS drive, simply go HOME and type df -T. Look to see what your sda* partitions are set to (try this in 14.04LTS, and you'll see EXT4 unless you chose another partition type upon harddrive setup).

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS does place (at least the primary drive) into EXT4 partition when installed on a clean install (not residing on top of Win-Junk).

In this case, if you have just set up a new system, or formatted fresh on an old system and then did a clean install, then by default with 14.04 LTS, you have an EXT4 Partition at /DEV/SDA1.

Now, just open a Terminal (CTRL-ALT-'T') and type { sudo e4defrag -c /dev/sda1 }(without the brackets), and be patient until the 'check' is completed and you get the fragmentation report back.

If you aren't confident about having an EXT4 Partition on your OS drive, simply go HOME and type { df -T }(again, without the brackets). Look to see what your SDA* partitions are set to (try this in 14.04LTS, and you'll see EXT4 unless you chose another partition type upon harddrive setup).

We MUST stop making command-line so intimidating for 'latent Win-Junk users' who are just seeing the light. I say 'command-line' and my wife's eyes freeze in abstract terror, because I once told her that unlike Win-Junk, when UNIX was first programmed, they didn't feel they needed to ask you 12-times 'do you really, really want to delete this?' before they honored your DEL and eradicated the trash. Of all the things I have ever said, in 30-years of marriage, this is probably one of the only things she has ever taken to heart, and remembered forever.

I am only now getting her away from her fear of 'TERMINAL' and 'COMMAND-LINE' phrases, to where she will actually use Linux (then again, she's been using it for years in our home and work networks, and never realized it, either).

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS does place (at least the primary drive) into EXT4 partition when installed on a clean install (not residing on top of Win-Junk).

In this case, if you have just set up a new system, or formatted fresh on an old system and then did a clean install, then by default with 14.04 LTS, you have an EXT4 Partition at /dev/sda1.

Now, just open a Terminal (CTRL-ALT-T) and type:

sudo e4defrag -c /dev/sda1

and be patient until the 'check' is completed and you get the fragmentation report back.

If you aren't confident about having an EXT4 Partition on your OS drive, simply go HOME and type df -T. Look to see what your sda* partitions are set to (try this in 14.04LTS, and you'll see EXT4 unless you chose another partition type upon harddrive setup).

We MUST stop making command-line so intimidating for 'latent Win-Junk users' who are just seeing the light. I say 'command-line' and my wife's eyes freeze in abstract terror, because I once told her that unlike Win-Junk, when UNIX was first programmed, they didn't feel they needed to ask you 12-times 'do you really, really want to delete this?' before they honored your DEL and eradicated the trash. Of all the things I have ever said, in 30-years of marriage, this is probably one of the only things she has ever taken to heart, and remembered forever.

I am only now getting her away from her fear of 'TERMINAL' and 'COMMAND-LINE' phrases, to where she will actually use Linux (then again, she's been using it for years in our home and work networks, and never realized it, either).