Check out veracrypt. It's free and easy to use.
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Thanks for your response.
Since you got your system already installed, veracrypt is probably the way you want to go.
Depends on what sort of underlying file system you want to use on the drive. For Linux filesystems (ext4, btrfs, zfs etc), here's a good start: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dm-crypt
For NTFS, BitLocker is already baked in to Windows.
I won't really trust Bitlocker coming from Microsoft.
What do you have against NSA_KEY I swear it's not a backdoor!
I've nothing against NSA_KEY nor Bitlocker, but anything in context with GAFAM I take it with grain of salt.
You have nothing about backdoors being built into the OS? Really?
What are you talking about? Ofcourse everyone should worry about backdoors and other vulnerabilities. But I'm sceptical if bitlocker is the right solution.
On a serious note I use a lot of tools to circumvent those vulnerabilities.
You said, and I quote, "I have nothing against NSA_KEY"...
Bitlocker is only redumentary included in the cheaper Windows "Home" versions
only the "Pro" version actually includes proper Bitlocker tools which is frankly a pretty stupid move
Look into the dm-crypt Linux kernel module.
Probably not what you're looking for but Linux Mint has the option to encrypt your drive when you first install it. It's as easy as clicking "yes" and setting a password.
Last I checked, Mint only allows you to encrypt your home partition. I know that Fedora supports full disk encryption via a toggle at installation.
Mint only allows you to encrypt your home partition.
Lol WTF? Cryptsetup has been a thing for what? Twenty years?
encrypting /home is good if you have multiple users also eCryptfs is also thing for several years just like LUKS/dm-crypt
/home encryption can be useful, but the fact that the installer does not offer FDE is laughable.
Also don't use ecryptfs, it sucks.
yeah, i love mint but have felt like its installer is severley lacking for a long time when it come to maore advance d stuff liek FDE, BTRFS, alternate bootloaders like suystemd-boot etc
Also don’t use ecryptfs, it sucks.
no clue there. i use luks on feodora and seem liek it works pretyy good.
no clue there. i use luks on feodora and seem liek it works pretyy good.
Luks is fantastic. Ecryptfs not so much.
Perhaps you had another partition with an operating system on the same disk, which prevented full disk encryption? If installing on an empty disk, most distros offer full disk encryption by default.
That definitely wasnt the case when I was last installing Mint, as I don't dual boot and always select the option to overrite the entire disk during installation. The way I remember it, it says "[checkbox] Encrypt your home partition" with no other options. Not sure if there is an equivalent to Fedora's settings or an advanced mode (like blivet-gui) to setup full disk encryption manually.
when you choose the partitions you want, there is a little checkbox asking you if you want to encrypt your hard drive
i think endeavour lets yuo do FDE from the gui installer also but yeah fedora is fucking great
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