this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2023
57 points (98.3% liked)
Linux
48252 readers
683 users here now
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
Rules
- Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
- No misinformation
- No NSFW content
- No hate speech, bigotry, etc
Related Communities
Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I had pretty good luck with tomb.
I'm not sure what you mean by 'good luck' here. Perhaps you got some really cool random encryption blocks or something? In any case, I hadn't heard of that one yet. So thanks for mentioning it.
Their approach with separate key-files is probably a wise idea for serious security... but I don't think I'm that serious right now.
The puns in the commands feel like they are a style from the past. I don't think people would do that in serious software made today. I guess this one has been around for awhile!
I mostly just meant that it was easy to use and never lost or ate any of my data.
I switched over to cryptomator because it lines up better with my use case, but I've heard rumors of it losing data, so I'm keeping a close eye on it for now.