Oliver, another point that I missed in my previous comments is that the full-disk encryption that Ubuntu uses does not play nicely with other systems. E.g., if you have Windows (true of most users), it will delete the entire Windows system plus its data.
The instructions given in the above report play nicely, and leave the other existing systems alone. I've amended the title to reflect this need. ** Summary changed: - Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot + Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems ** Description changed: In today's world, especially with the likes of the EU's GDPR and the many security fails, Ubuntu installer needs to support full-system encryption out of the box. This means encrypting not only /home but also both root and /boot. The only parts of the system that wouldn't be encrypted are the EFI partition and the initial Grub bootloader, for obvious reasons. + + It should also not delete other installed systems unless explicitly + requested. Using LUKS and LVM, it is already possible... https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ManualFullSystemEncryption ... but with one major limitation: Grub is incorrectly changed after an update affecting the kernel or Grub, so that a manual Grub update is required each time this happens (this is fully covered in the linked instructions). If the incorrect Grub change is fixed, it should be (relatively) simple to support full-system encryption in the installer. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773457 Title: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1773457/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
