Encryption and Distro Hopping

[Erich Newell]

Down with Fedora! Long live Debian! Release the Vogon Hordes!

Err....j/k.

All hail r33nix of choice.

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Marc <chip33az at netscape.net> wrote:

> When I moved into an apartment last October, I looked around for distros
> that did total drive encryption (basically Debian and Ubuntu).  I read
> the article, but since I power off my machine when not using it, I don't
> feel too worried about someone cracking it.
>
> I installed Gutsy on the machine, but haven't really been too happy with
> it.  I seem to encounter my share of bugs in it.  I guess I'm a little
> bitter about my TV server at the house that won't connect to an
> externally mounted NTFS partition.  I found a bug report and it
> basically said it would be fixed in the next release.  That just sounds
> wrong.
>
> Anyway, I see that Fedora 9 is coming out and it does offer full drive
> encryption.  I haven't used Fedora in years and was curious if people
> have any comments about it?
>
> I really like Mandriva as it is quick, easy to set up, but they don't
> offer drive encryption yet.  They have a bug report, but nothing will
> happen in the near future.
>
> I'm not trying to start a flame war or anything, just want some ideas.
>
> My requirements for the distro.
>
> 1.  Drive encryption - must.  To backup my important files I use a thumb
> drive encrypted with Truecrypt.
> 2.  Truecrypt - must.  With the release of version 5, it looks like this
> is easier than ever to use under Linux.
> 3.  MythTV - must.  Since I'm running MythDora, I assume this wouldn't
> be difficult.
> 4.  ProjectX/Java/Avidemux - To clean up and burn recorded shows that I
> like.
>
> I have the Fedora 9 live CD, but several of the extra packages aren't
> ready yet.  I'm just curious how people feel about existing Fedora
> computers.
>
> Thanks.  I hope I don't start anything horrible.
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