I have a relatively new Thinkpad 530 running Xubuntu 13.04. I want to swap out the drive with a SSD and am considering the Samsung 840 series.
There are three models (Pro, non-Pro and EVO). The newest is the EVO with SATA 3.1 and queued trim support, review here.
Does the 3.8 kernel (that I am running) support "SATA 3.1" and "queued TRIM"? If so, the EVO controller seems like a huge win.
If not, I'll fall back to the non-Pro drive as - although I'm using the box as a development workstation - shelling out another $100 for the Pro doesn't seem worth it, and I gather the non-Pro 840 works well with GNU/Linux.