<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"> <div>On Aug 2, 2018, at 8:59 PM, chris <<a href="mailto:chris352011@gmail.com">chris352011@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div> </div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 03/08/18 12:01, Art wrote: <blockquote type="cite">I read in horror the news about 18.04.1! I cannot believe they have </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">canned the ability to encrypt the home folder, providing only 'full </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">disk' encryption as an alternative. </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I won't use any linux variant if the ability to provide a worthy and </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">appropriate means of encryption isn't provided. </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">When one encrypts the entire disk, the processor load soars and my </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">somewhat oldish hardware in my current punchbox will fall flat on its </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">face. Under the old 18.04, with a fully loaded installation and an </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">encrypted home folder, I boot in 12 seconds and shut down in 8 seconds. </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">And, this is with an aging I5 processor, second generation on an old </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Lenovo M91P SFF computer that I paid $65 for 3 years ago. </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">If the entire disk is encrypted (per the current release), the </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">performance will take a severe hit and I do not want to buy new </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">hardware. I'm not so sure why those on this list haven't commented about </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">this before now. </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I am planning to downgrade (back to 16.04), and hang on for a workable </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">encryption solution. If this full disk encryption plan isn't improved, </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">my Linux use will end when support for 16.04 does. I am very disappointed. </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Rather than calling the existing home folder encryption software </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">'buggy', how about writing software that isn't buggy instead? Encrypting </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the entire disk is insane, IMHO. </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I'm also a little curious why this bomb has been dropped with little or </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">no advance warning to the community.....maybe I am not subscribed to the </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">proper mailing list-please suggest which lists I should subscribe to in </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">order to be aware of these types of changes before they happen. </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">And, finally, TY to all who run this list and support the linux </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">movement...I'm sure that isn't heard nearly as often as it should be! </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Regards, </blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Art </blockquote> I agree, 18.04 is basically unusable. -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </div></blockquote><div> </div><div>I’m not seeing these slow downs. My desktop is a 3 MHz dual core 2 with a slowish SSD, and it runs fine. I have encryption turned on. </div><div> </div><div>Granted, the boot takes about 20-30 seconds. But, booting has always been slower with systemd (I recall my older Pentium 3 desktop with a regular HD booted on under 10 seconds around 11.04 or 11.10 before systemd took over). </div><div> </div><div>- Victor</div><div> </div><div>-- Victor Forberger <a href="mailto:vforberger@fastmail.fm">vforberger@fastmail.fm</a> blog: <a href="http://linuxatty.wordpress.com">http://linuxatty.wordpress.com</a> </div><div> </div></body></html>