[Bug 2000443] Re: No simple encrypted installation

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  No simple encrypted installation

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Hi,

  this is rather a feature request than a bug report.

  
  When installing using ubiquity (e.g. Xubuntu desktop), there is only two options to install an encrypted machine, either with lvm or with zfs. 

  In most cases of reqular notebooks or desktop systems, both don't make
  sense, and are overcomplicated and error prone, especially since lvm
  doesn't use the full disk in most cases, and requires advanced admin
  skills to use the disk.

  A better solution would be to offer the smart and simple version, as
  an option, i.e. just put an ext4 filesystem into the encrypted
  partition, and have a swap file inside that file system.

  
  Yes, I do know that this is possible using the manual installation option (and that's how I installed Ubuntu for more than ten years). But this is not feasible for most users and requires some knowledge about how to make the UEFI partition and which size is required, which is, to the best of my knowledge, not documented. 

  Ubiquity should really offer a smart and simple, yet encrypted layout.
  The reality is, that most, probably more than 95% of desktop
  installations just don't need lvm or zfs for their main ssd.

  regards

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