disk encryption for Ubuntu 20 LTS

Volker Wysk post at volker-wysk.de
Fri May 21 05:20:35 UTC 2021


Am Donnerstag, den 20.05.2021, 20:17 -0700 schrieb Eric Demer via ubuntu-
users:
> I am very new to *nix:    I bought a laptop with pre-installed 
> Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS  focal 
> longer ago, but it's only been 3 days since I did more than 
> just booting it and making sure it could do some basic things. 
> 
> I am now trying to set up encryption for it. 
> 
> Does
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Full_Disk_Encryption_Howto_2019 
> also work for    Ubuntu 20 LTS  ? 
> 
> Is there some  simpler or otherwise better
> way for    Ubuntu 20 LTS  ? 

You can do it with the installer. It's just a checkbox to select. Make a
backup of your personal data before, and restore it afters. This should be
the simplest method. 

Hope this helps,
Volker
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