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> That being said it probably took me 3-4 evenings to set up an encrypted disk and boot loader correctly, What was hard about that part? Is it something you ha

• diggan 6y ago
  Don't think it's about something being "hard", just "unknown" when you first come from Ubuntu et al into Arch, so you have to spend some time learning things. Also took me a few days to become knowledgable enough to be able to setup the system as I really wanted it. Encryption is definitely something you want to learn enough about to be comfortable with before diving into it and encrypting your entire system. Great starting point what you need to understand: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_...
• cweagans 6y ago
  There is no installer and you really have to understand how all the pieces fit together to be able to get something up and running. For instance, how does your bootloader know how to mount an encrypted boot partition, load whatever needs loaded, and then mount other encrypted disks as necessary. Where do you even _store_ your bootloader if the boot partition is encrypted? Which specific encryption method do you use? I've been using Linux since 2010 and when I went through this process, it took me several evenings to get it right as well, but now I have a much better understanding of how my system actually works under the hood. It's a valuable exercise, but comparing it to the polished install experience that e.g. Ubuntu or Fedora have, it's a pretty fair amount of work required.