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linuxxx
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Downloaded Kubuntu because i couldn't seen to be able to boot from a freshly created KDE Neon bootable usb.

Installed it onto my netbook (Lenovo Thinkpad X121E) and it worked great!

But just the fact that somehow the installer froze when trying to setup hdd encryption kept bugging me.

Took a random flash drive which was laying around and put it in to see what would happen. KDE Neon booted just like this and everything worked very well with hdd encryption.

I now have a very secure netbook 😊

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no i'm not paranoid

crypto

encrypt your stuffs
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  • 2
    7y
    @linuxxx have you tried setting up secure boot?
  • 4
    7y
    @MateTea42 Either i just don't know the term or i for real don't know what that is 😅 could you explain?
  • 1
    7y
    I just finished setting up my laptop as well. Dualboot windows and debian with KDE. Both are encrypted and finally finished setting up secure boot a few hours ago. I will be looking into TPM with linux when I have the time.
  • 2
    7y
    @linuxxx Secure boot is all about setting up a chain of trust at boot time. Your system won't boot if your bootloader is tampered with. This is done through signing your bootloader with a gpg key. Also your bootloader won't load a tampered kernel. That is the chain part.
  • 1
    7y
    @Condor Yes and no. You are correct that it only preloaded with Microsoft keys, however you can add your own keys to it. What is really nice is that you can verify that your boot process hasn't been tampered with. That is why I think it is better to use it. There are however other security issues but that is due to the x86 design.
  • 0
    7y
    @linuxxx forgot to mention it is a UEFI feature that you enable.
  • 3
    7y
    How can you bear KDE?
  • 0
    7y
    @darkLord probably has a decent machine; i've got a lot of low-spec hadrware, so i totally understand what you mean 😂
    it's almost a little too user friendly
  • 4
    7y
    @darkLord I 😍 it
  • 1
    7y
    I had that exact issue, installer froze on encryption. Turns out, I had DD flashed my stick wrong and it was an 8gb stick showing up as a 32gb blabla it worked in the end
  • 2
    7y
    @potluck I strongly disagree. It is NOT LIGHT. Full fledged kde neon takes 1 GB of RAM without any applications open whereas XFCE on same scenario takes up 250MB RAM.
  • 0
    7y
    Totally fucking agree. In my 8 GB ram Dell laptop kde only take 600 - 700MB with start up apps. Fresh take around 500mb !! Gnome take 1-1.2 GB Xface take 600MB around cinnamon take 800 MB Mate around 600-700 so yeah it was maybe heavy years ago. Definitely not now . Don't just stuck in the forms try it out yourself and see. I use it for my old PC too and it runs like a charm. @potluck
  • 0
    7y
    That's what kept me away too. I read too much negative things about kde. And then i tried with mint i stopped distro hopping after that @potluck
  • 0
    7y
    And neon is even more lighter !!!@potluck
  • 1
    7y
    @potluck compared on a low-spec laptop (like i had) you actually suffer way more screen tearing when moving windows - even after turning effects off. i switched from KDE to XFCE, and LXDE if i really really need it. There's also the "bloatware" citation which is obviously only a problem if you have a tiny drive.
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