On 04/08/18 01:52, Victor Forberger wrote:
On Aug 2, 2018, at 8:59 PM, chris <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On 03/08/18 12:01, Art wrote:
I read in horror the news about 18.04.1! I cannot believe they have
canned the ability to encrypt the home folder, providing only 'full
disk' encryption as an alternative.
I won't use any linux variant if the ability to provide a worthy and
appropriate means of encryption isn't provided.
When one encrypts the entire disk, the processor load soars and my
somewhat oldish hardware in my current punchbox will fall flat on its
face. Under the old 18.04, with a fully loaded installation and an
encrypted home folder, I boot in 12 seconds and shut down in 8 seconds.
And, this is with an aging I5 processor, second generation on an old
Lenovo M91P SFF computer that I paid $65 for 3 years ago.
If the entire disk is encrypted (per the current release), the
performance will take a severe hit and I do not want to buy new
hardware. I'm not so sure why those on this list haven't commented about
this before now.
I am planning to downgrade (back to 16.04), and hang on for a workable
encryption solution. If this full disk encryption plan isn't improved,
my Linux use will end when support for 16.04 does. I am very
disappointed.
Rather than calling the existing home folder encryption software
'buggy', how about writing software that isn't buggy instead? Encrypting
the entire disk is insane, IMHO.
I'm also a little curious why this bomb has been dropped with little or
no advance warning to the community.....maybe I am not subscribed to the
proper mailing list-please suggest which lists I should subscribe to in
order to be aware of these types of changes before they happen.
And, finally, TY to all who run this list and support the linux
movement...I'm sure that isn't heard nearly as often as it should be!
Regards,
Art
I agree, 18.04 is basically unusable.
+1 The devs have lost there way. Linux lite seems to be a usable
alternative though.
da kiwi
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