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anyone a fan of any linux operating systems?
    #22042982 - 08/04/15 04:24 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

i've been playing around with ubuntu and kali a bit. and actually am thinking of switching over to ubuntu for personal use from windows. anyone use only linux and if so have you had any issues with being able to get programs on it that you actually want and can't get for linux?


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22043089 - 08/04/15 04:43 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I use Ubuntu. I haven't really had any problems with getting programs. Once in a while I run into something, but there is almost always a pretty easy fix


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22043104 - 08/04/15 04:45 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I've been using Linux for years. My only gripe is that gimp is a poor substitute for photoshop, no matter what the tux fan boys may say. So I still use windows for photo editing. Otherwise, Linux works fairly well although it has its little glitches. It can be finicky sometimes. But overall, it works alright.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: Lophosaurus]
    #22043109 - 08/04/15 04:46 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Ive used Ubuntu and Kubuntu.Anything linux is always alot bettet than crappy Windows operating systems.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: Lophosaurus]
    #22043112 - 08/04/15 04:46 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

do you know if you can get seals with clubs poker client on linux? they only offer it for pc, is there some way to fun pc programs on linux?


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22043137 - 08/04/15 04:50 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

You can try wine. I know nothing about online poker though.

But if windows has been working well for you, there's really no need to switch over. I've been using windows and Linux side by side for years and one isn't really better than the other. Just flawed in different ways.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22043219 - 08/04/15 05:05 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I always kept a dual-boot around because games, other than that Winderps is basically useless now.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: koraks]
    #22043244 - 08/04/15 05:10 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22043363 - 08/04/15 05:29 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I really should learn my way around linux a lot better, my lack of familiarity with it holds me back in school.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: psi]
    #22043483 - 08/04/15 05:49 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

well i kind of like it because its so small, only a gig for ubuntu. i have a pentium processor and i feel like all the unnecessarily shit that comes with windows and my computer slows it down when i get to multitasking a lot.

basically i want to create an image of ubuntu with all the programs i want because i recently had to reformat my computer due to a virus and it sucked.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22043510 - 08/04/15 05:54 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I like Ubuntu and Red Hat. I hate microsoft. Linux works for everything that I want to do. If your a gamer though, then you should probably stick with Windows or get a Xbox, Playstation, etc.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: 4HO-DMT]
    #22043574 - 08/04/15 06:03 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

i tried getting into games but like i said i don't have the speed for it. is there any reason why you can't game with linux?


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22043607 - 08/04/15 06:07 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Maybe its gotten better, but I wanted to get skyrim for linux and it was only available for windows at the time. I think that a lot of games are incompatible with linux.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22044332 - 08/04/15 08:21 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

No, I am not a fan.  I have used many variations in my life for school, hobbies and work and its always a pain in the ass.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22045789 - 08/05/15 05:25 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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i tried getting into games but like i said i don't have the speed for it. is there any reason why you can't game with linux?



Yeah, same developers focusing their efforts on the operating systems that the vast majority of gamers are using, ie windows. Also the spotty and sometimes outright crappy video driver support from gfx card manufacturers plays a role; it boils down that across a large user base, Linux is too much of a risk in terms of getting good graphics support and performance.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: koraks]
    #22045991 - 08/05/15 07:27 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I love linux. It takes power-user to a new level... that being said, it has shit media editing software and no games. Every time I duel boot linux, I find that it collects dust because the things I use a comp for can just be done in windows.

I do have a USB boot of a Linux distribution that I carry around for less than ethical means though :shrug:


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: lood_dood]
    #22046004 - 08/05/15 07:32 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I've been using Ubuntu for 3 years now and never looked back to Windows.  I've NEVER had a crash and it does everything I've ever needed to do more efficiently.

Windows blows IMHO...


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: TheGreenArrow]
    #22046138 - 08/05/15 08:24 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

This thread inspired me to repartition my SSD and install Ubuntu... and now for some reason Windows 7 doesn't appear in the boot menu, so I have to figure out some way to fix that. Also I was reading that Netflix will only run if I install Chrome. The upside is that I can practice the material from the Unix systems programming course I bombed in the winter.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: psi]
    #22046157 - 08/05/15 08:31 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I have had problems with netflix running on Ubuntu.  If I were you I'd try and wipe the harddrive Intall ubuntu and the wizard will prompt if you want to partition the harddrive.  Then install windows and BOOM you've got both OS's right there. 

For whatever reason Windows doesn't like to share computers if it's the main OS IMHE.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: TheGreenArrow]
    #22046292 - 08/05/15 09:09 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

There was a functioning boot menu in place already on the computer before this (had previously installed Ubuntu via Wubi, which is an installer program that runs from Windows, but every time I tried the installation, the username and password I had selected wouldn't work.) The original boot menu is now gone and the only options in the new one are related to the new Ubuntu installation. I'm thinking there must be some fairly simple fix without reinstalling either OS but I haven't investigated too much yet.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: psi]
    #22046410 - 08/05/15 09:38 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Yeah I was always told if you're gonna partition to 2 OS's then try and use a Linux system as a base because of how their file systems work. (Or at least that was the shpeil I was given.) :shrug: 

Sincerely good luck though man I hope it works out.  Oh and if you find a way to run Netflix via Ubuntu :pm: me!


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22046417 - 08/05/15 09:41 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I normally run gentoo or arch, but at the moment I'm using some really old hardware and need general functionality and usability over, tweaked out, geeky OS's... So I'm using xubuntu.. I gotta admit I'm pretty impressed.

The only reason I've never really dug the easy-to-use distro's is because of the horrific desktop environments that come bundled... but I use xfce as standard these days :yesnod:.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: Cepheus]
    #22046429 - 08/05/15 09:43 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

How edgy. :rolleyes:  :lolsy:


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: TheGreenArrow]
    #22046436 - 08/05/15 09:46 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Yeah I really don't want to have to reinstall Windows, maybe a solution is to make up a USB stick with a Windows installer and do a "repair." Found a couple pages on people having similar problems but I haven't got to trying the proposed solutions yet.

The page I was looking at claimed that Netflix should work in Chrome under Ubuntu, will give it a shot and post results here. With current versions of Firefox it's apparently impossible.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: psi]
    #22046446 - 08/05/15 09:49 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Yeah :facepalm:  I've run into that unfortunately.  Please post back if you get around to it. :sambergfive:


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: TheGreenArrow]
    #22046591 - 08/05/15 10:44 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Just finished installing Chrome and Netflix does work with no further configuration.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: psi]
    #22046668 - 08/05/15 11:04 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

:sambergfive:  Thanks dude!


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: psi]
    #22046807 - 08/05/15 11:31 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

There's a couple of tutorials on the Web that can help you to reconfigure grub to include your existing windows install. Just Google a bit; generally it can be done without reinstalling windows.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: psi]
    #22046950 - 08/05/15 11:55 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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psi said:
There was a functioning boot menu in place already on the computer before this (had previously installed Ubuntu via Wubi, which is an installer program that runs from Windows, but every time I tried the installation, the username and password I had selected wouldn't work.) The original boot menu is now gone and the only options in the new one are related to the new Ubuntu installation. I'm thinking there must be some fairly simple fix without reinstalling either OS but I haven't investigated too much yet.



You might run repair windows to get the windows boot manager back and then add ubuntu to the windows boot manager.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: Sun King]
    #22047067 - 08/05/15 12:13 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Yeah that seems like it may be the most straightforward option for me.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: psi]
    #22048310 - 08/05/15 04:18 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Anybody use sun microsystems? I use a a sun blade for work and it has a funky keyboard. I'm always hitting the wrong buttons because I'm used to standard keyboards.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: 4HO-DMT]
    #22048400 - 08/05/15 04:33 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

no, what's the application/job description that uses it?


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22048415 - 08/05/15 04:35 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Programming.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: 4HO-DMT]
    #22048530 - 08/05/15 04:52 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

The only thing that is stopping me from using Linux is that apparently Adobe products are not compatible with it, and I have a cloud subscription and use it pretty extensively.
Kind of a bummer, but I've heard that there is a way to run it with ubuntu, I'm not clear on that though.

Anyone have any input in that arena?

Right now I'm kind of caught between upgrading to windows 10 and just running Linux. I have two macbooks(circa 2009 and 2011) that work okay, but need their topcases replaced, so I might just spend the money to refurb one of those so I have access to the adobe products I need regardless of what OS I'm running on this machine.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: pirate-blues]
    #22048650 - 08/05/15 05:07 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

as mentioned earlier wine works to fun windows on linux, i think there is an issue if it has a lot of graphics making it useless for games.

i only would want it for poker which is pretty basic software but i haven't actually tried it out yet. but just install wine and see if it will run adobe.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22048806 - 08/05/15 05:29 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

That was the app I heard about, I couldn't think of the name - thanks!

If I heard right wine will make it possible to run it on ubuntu, but linux is another story - - I use photoshop, illustrator, dreamweaver, etc etc etc, so we'll see how it goes.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: pirate-blues]
    #22048951 - 08/05/15 05:49 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

ubuntu is linux. the different distro's are the same OS with just different programs on the image, from what i understand.

like i also use linux kali but only because it has a bunch of nifty programs in the OS so i don't have to download anything for it if i am doing something that i would use kali for.

but if i wanted to i could put everything i like on ubuntu that i use on kali.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22048954 - 08/05/15 05:50 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

good to know haha, thanks
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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: pirate-blues]
    #22050549 - 08/05/15 10:00 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

i would use linux most of the time if i want so lazy.

maybe 10-20% of the time i'm using a computer im booted up on linux

for virtually everything except playing video games, ubuntu is great. i can watch movies in 1080p, browse the internet, even play SNES/PSX/PS2 emulators

but moderns games wont run on linux. wine, or virtual boxes simply arent good enough


that said, if i wasnt lazy and actually rebooted my pc every day, i'd probably end up using ubuntu more than 50% of the time. i just leave my pc on all the time. they say its better for you to keep the hardware running 24/7 anyways


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: Adolin]
    #22052873 - 08/06/15 10:56 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

i haven't heard that keeping your machine on is good for it before


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22053202 - 08/06/15 11:52 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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i haven't heard that keeping your machine on is good for it before




hibernating or restarting it doesnt really, but leaving it off lets the boards cool down and contract. over time it may damage the hotter boards like GPUs and certain chipsets. some people say its a myth and cant happen, but physics would tell me otherwise


even if it didnt, my PC would still be on all night anyways


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: Adolin]
    #22058163 - 08/07/15 11:31 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Anyone have recommendations for a Firefox plugin that will get embedded Youtube videos here to work? I've tried a couple different ones and no dice. Also I can no longer drag tabs (e.g. to the bookmarks toolbar to make bookmarks) but initially this was working fine. Weird.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: psi]
    #22058386 - 08/07/15 11:49 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Don't you just need flash?


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22058418 - 08/07/15 12:00 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Yeah I figured it out, never mind. Couldn't find Flash when searching from the add-ons page, just random third-party shit, so I was thinking there was no official plugin. Once I did download the official plugin I ran into this error where it said the thing I just downloaded wasn't in my 'sources', but it was just a matter of checking off some boxes in 'Ubuntu Software Center'.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22058653 - 08/07/15 01:16 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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i haven't heard that keeping your machine on is good for it before



Mechanical hard drives have a hard time when you spin them up frequently, especially if it's really cold (<10C) due to condensation and wear on the bearings, but in practice, this isn't really an issue within the normal economic lifespan of a drive (3~4 years). The same is true for the problem with shrinkage and expansion of semiconductors that was mentioned, although some high end, high powered graphics cards have been known to have issues in this respect. But the only thing that helps with that is a draconian cooling regime; leaving the machine on doesn't do much except raise your energy bill.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: TheGreenArrow]
    #22061696 - 08/08/15 07:22 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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How edgy. :rolleyes:  :lolsy:




Edgy as fuck. It all comes down to what you actually use your computer for. I like to be able to control and customize every aspect of how my OS operates.. I do the same with custom roms on my smartphone (even my mp3 player runs rockbox). I've been using linux for about 12 years now, so eventually I outgrew the need for a distro to do everything for me. It's like any hobby... when you like it, the tendency is to push it.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: Cepheus]
    #22061724 - 08/08/15 07:39 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Kali.Linux I bet CIA b spying :paranoid:


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: Cepheus]
    #22061836 - 08/08/15 08:36 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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How edgy. :rolleyes:  :lolsy:




Edgy as fuck. It all comes down to what you actually use your computer for. I like to be able to control and customize every aspect of how my OS operates.. I do the same with custom roms on my smartphone (even my mp3 player runs rockbox). I've been using linux for about 12 years now, so eventually I outgrew the need for a distro to do everything for me. It's like any hobby... when you like it, the tendency is to push it.




yea i'm wanting to customize my OS too, seems like a really fun aspect to linux


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22061864 - 08/08/15 08:49 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

anyway found a practical way to do a full drive encryption with ubuntu?


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: luvdemboomers]
    #22061916 - 08/08/15 09:07 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

you want to encrypt an entire hard drive??

from what i know about GPG (pgp), you can encrypt a file if you have the software installed then it's in the drop down menu from a right click.

to do multiple i imagine you can zip everything into a single file and encrypt it. but i mean this would be more for transfer data. if you want to keep your computer encrypted and usable i'm not sure how (or why) you'd do that


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22061923 - 08/08/15 09:11 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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you want to encrypt an entire hard drive??

from what i know about GPG (pgp), you can encrypt a file if you have the software installed then it's in the drop down menu from a right click

to do multiple i imagine you can zip everything into a single file and encrypt it. but i mean this would be more for transfer data. if you want to keep your computer encrypted and usable i'm not sure how (or why) you'd do that




I'm not sure why you wouldn't want to. I've done full drive encryption with truecrypt on windows for the past 5+ years. You have to enter a preboot password. For some reason you can't do this with truecrypt when running ubuntu.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: luvdemboomers]
    #22061952 - 08/08/15 09:19 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

idk i opted out of even using the regular passworded account when i reformatted my windows recently. besides the point being i don't really desire that level of security for the info on my personal computer, i am not really familiar with the software. but i would imagine there is an alternative designed for linux if you can't use wine for the program you like, there is a lot of high level security uses for linux.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: luvdemboomers]
    #22061974 - 08/08/15 09:26 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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anyway found a practical way to do a full drive encryption with ubuntu?



Surely it can be done, but why? I'd say the option that is offered during setup to encrypt your home folder should suffice for just about anything I can think of. You'll also not have to suffer the penalty of your machine having to decrypt everything it reads from the hard drive, including executables and OS parts.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: koraks]
    #22061995 - 08/08/15 09:32 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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anyway found a practical way to do a full drive encryption with ubuntu?



Surely it can be done, but why? I'd say the option that is offered during setup to encrypt your home folder should suffice for just about anything I can think of. You'll also not have to suffer the penalty of your machine having to decrypt everything it reads from the hard drive, including executables and OS parts.




Because I want the whole drive encrypted and a second password. It's easier. No need to remember passwords for individual folders/files I want to encrypt, I just need the one for the drive and my windows password. I just enter a password before windows boots, then my windows password and that's all I ever have to do. Boot and navigation is just as fast as it is without encryption, there is no wait to decrypt anything.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: luvdemboomers]
    #22062004 - 08/08/15 09:35 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

that's different than actual encryption i'm pretty sure. encryption isn't just password protection it actually codes everything with a key that you need to decode it...

i'm not sure why you need 2 passwords, it seems like just an illusion of high security than any kind of actually security.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: SurReality]
    #22062053 - 08/08/15 09:47 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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that's different than actual encryption i'm pretty sure. encryption isn't just password protection it actually codes everything with a key that you need to decode it...

i'm not sure why you need 2 passwords, it seems like just an illusion of high security than any kind of actually security.




I like it because you need to enter a password, that is damned hard to crack, before windows even starts to boot, in order to access any of the information on the drive. I seriously doubt the windows password is hard to get past too. I keep the windows password around for when I just want to lock my computer without shutting it down to keep snoopers off.

I'm far from an expert on encryption but it truecrypt took a good 20 hours to encrypt the entire drive. IIRC it takes teh same time to permanently decrypt it.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: luvdemboomers]
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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: luvdemboomers]
    #22062865 - 08/08/15 02:11 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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anyway found a practical way to do a full drive encryption with ubuntu?



Surely it can be done, but why? I'd say the option that is offered during setup to encrypt your home folder should suffice for just about anything I can think of. You'll also not have to suffer the penalty of your machine having to decrypt everything it reads from the hard drive, including executables and OS parts.




Because I want the whole drive encrypted and a second password. It's easier. No need to remember passwords for individual folders/files I want to encrypt, I just need the one for the drive and my windows password. I just enter a password before windows boots, then my windows password and that's all I ever have to do. Boot and navigation is just as fast as it is without encryption, there is no wait to decrypt anything.



So with home folder encryption on Linux you have one password for your user account and your encrypted home folder. Even less to remember. Maybe I'm missing your point,  but how does that not meet your requirements? Btw very confusing that you ask a question about ubuntu and then go on about windows; the option I'm telling you about isn't there in Windows (unless you use third party software).


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: koraks]
    #22062892 - 08/08/15 02:18 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I prefer whole drive encryption with preboot password to an encrypted home folder.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: luvdemboomers]
    #22062956 - 08/08/15 02:38 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Ok, I'm sure it can be done. But I wouldn't recommend it due to the performance penalty and the difficulties in recovering your os and programs if something goes wrong.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: koraks]
    #22063017 - 08/08/15 02:58 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

encrypting your whole drive with truecrypt is easy. they have a wizard guide specifically for doing it

its unecessary for me, i prefer just keeping a small 10gig folder that everything i want encrypted is in. but its easy to do. just takes awhile. and you get prompted for a password shortly after the BIOS

and it didnt effect performance at all for me. might on a gaming computer, but on a laptop with a linux distro, there is no change in performace


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: luvdemboomers]
    #22063776 - 08/08/15 05:39 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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I prefer whole drive encryption with preboot password to an encrypted home folder.




It can be done. You'll need to install it before you install linux though. I used to have a second hand apple that had the hard drive encrypted. You entered a password before the OS booted up. It would take for ever to unencrypt everything before the OS even booted up though. I don't remember the software, so you'll have to search the web. It was redundant IMO though.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: 4HO-DMT]
    #22063801 - 08/08/15 05:47 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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I prefer whole drive encryption with preboot password to an encrypted home folder.




You'll need to install it before you install linux though.





nope. not with truecrypt at least. its a simple process, and you dont lose data unless something goes catastrophically wrong

http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/using-truecrypt-to-encrypt-your-entire-hard-drive


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: Adolin]
    #22063808 - 08/08/15 05:50 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Cool. I didn't know that.


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: 4HO-DMT]
    #22067676 - 08/09/15 03:22 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

It's easy to do a full disk encryption on linux, a lot of distributions offer you the option to do it from the beginning.

There's a kernel module & File system container called LUKS & LVM. I can't remember the specifics off of the top of my head, but it wasn't particularly difficult to set up.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedFilesystemLVMHowto


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Re: anyone a fan of any linux operating systems? [Re: psi]
    #22072790 - 08/10/15 05:46 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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This thread inspired me to repartition my SSD and install Ubuntu... and now for some reason Windows 7 doesn't appear in the boot menu, so I have to figure out some way to fix that.




Update: this fixed itself on its own somehow. I hadn't restarted the computer in quite a while, and when I did a little bit earlier, Windows now appears as an option in the Ubuntu boot menu. I'm getting used to using Ubuntu full time though.


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