KeePass2 versus KeePassX

[Jerry Snitselaar]

On Tue Jan 02 18, Carruth, Rusty wrote:
>My only interaction with the KeePas* suite resulted in not being able to read the database after an upgrade/update/something.
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>I don’t remember which it was (2, x, whatever).  The machine is at home.  I’ll have to look, but I’m hoping we’ll get some reaction and info that maybe will point to a solution for me as well…
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There is an action in the database menu to import a keepass 1 format database. Perhaps the issue was that. I have a vague recollection of running into that at some point.



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>From: PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Mark Phillips
>Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2018 9:50 AM
>To: Main PLUG discussion list
>Subject: KeePass2 versus KeePassX
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>Happy New Year to everyone!!
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>I have been using KeePass2 on my Ubuntu machine for over 10 years (through wine), and I just discovered KeePassX as a native application. I use Keepass2 primarily as a password backup, as I also use LastPass with the chrome extension for my day to day password manager.
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>I have a couple of questions about moving from KeePass2/wine to KeePassX.
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>I found in one post that the differences that the database files are binary compatible. (https://superuser.com/questions/878902/whats-the-difference-between-keepass-and-keepassx). Can anyone confirm this?
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>The only other difference (other that GUI related stuff) is that KeePass2 has plugins and KeePassX does not. I am not using any plugins now. Are there any that you think are really valuable to have, and would be a reason not to switch?
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>Should I switch to KeePassX? I am assuming I can get rid of wine and save some disk space, and run a native application instead of a wine application.
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>Thanks!
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>Mark
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