| |||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||
The Grumpy Editor's Guide to distributions for laptopsThe Grumpy Editor's Guide to distributions for laptopsPosted Jun 3, 2008 18:51 UTC (Tue) by mikov (subscriber, #33179)Parent article: The Grumpy Editor's Guide to distributions for laptops
I think both Debian and Ubuntu offer an option for encrypted filesystem on installation. For Ubuntu you might need the "Alternate Install CD" - it isn't a "Live CD" - it is essentially Debian's text mode setup, so it is actually preferable to Ubuntu's regular installation.
(Log in to post comments)
The Grumpy Editor's Guide to distributions for laptops Posted Jun 4, 2008 4:09 UTC (Wed) by lurk546 (subscriber, #17438) [Link] I'm surprised that an encrypted disk wasn't an option for the OpenSuSE installer. I remember setting this up sometime ago when I installed SuSE 9.2 some time ago. At the time it was a very laptop friendly distribution as far as linux was concerned. (No suspend or hibernate as I recall - or at least I didn't try them)
The Grumpy Editor's Guide to distributions for laptops Posted Jun 4, 2008 13:04 UTC (Wed) by Azazel (subscriber, #3724) [Link] Debian certainly does: I've installed both Etch and Lenny within the last month, and was given (and took) the option in both cases.
The Grumpy Editor's Guide to distributions for laptops Posted Jun 5, 2008 13:36 UTC (Thu) by rloomans (subscriber, #759) [Link] "For Ubuntu you might need the "Alternate Install CD" - it isn't a "Live CD" - it is essentially Debian's text mode setup, so it is actually preferable to Ubuntu's regular installation." Ubuntu's "Server" version is similarly the text-based installer. I installed this recently and it offers the options of both LVM and encrypted partitions.
The Grumpy Editor's Guide to distributions for laptops Posted Jun 7, 2008 4:56 UTC (Sat) by Cato (subscriber, #7643) [Link] Ubuntu does offer encrypted filesystems (and LVM) using the Alternate CD as mentioned - see http://learninginlinux.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/installin... for a reasonable HOWTO, though it's mostly about following the installer prompts.
|
|
||||||||||||