[NCLUG] linux laptop

[John Gilmore]

Software encryption on Debian was very easy to set up. Just select
"encrypted LVM" from the partitioning menu during setup and type in the new
passphrase when prompted... Ubuntu is derived from debian, so why would LVM
setup be *more* difficult on ubuntu?

Managing it later has proven to be a bit more difficult, but not
unreasonably so. "cryptsetup" is the command used to add/remove passphrases
and such. I don't know of a gui interface, haven't looked for one.

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:01 AM, Kevin H. Olson <kholson67 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 3/16/2011 11:59 PM, Michael Milligan wrote:
> > Degutan White wrote:
> >> I've heard Zareason:  http://zareason.com/shop/Laptops/
> >> System76 (local to denver)  http://www.system76.com/index.php?cPath=28
> >> and Lenovo for a linux laptop.
> >>
> >> Thanks for all the comments.  I still need to investigate the PGP full
> disk encryption.  Let me know if any of you have tried that on ubuntu.
> > Haven't tried that, but Ubuntu can do native full-disk encryption, but a
> > bit tricky to setup.  Google is your friend.
> >
>
> I would recommend investigating a hardware based encryption over
> software. The speed difference can be substantial. I have an IBM Laptop
> with a hardware encrypted hard drive that works great, and I definitely
> recommend it.
>
>
> >> Is there a camtasia-like software that anyone on the list is using?
> >>
> > You can use ffmeg from command line, which can do H.264 video and AC3
> > audio (with appropriate libraries), or for Theora/Ogg output,
> > gtk-recordmydesktop works without much fuss.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mike
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