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Thanks for the explanation, but I actually do use the software that I linked to, however, it’s not a GNU project, so I’m just confused to if it’s a widely used

• 0ct4via 3y ago
  It seems to be a misnomer on OP's part, they's also said about switching to 'gnu pass' in previous comments, but needing to get their head around GPG... I suspect rather than suggesting it's a GNU project, OP is creating a sort of portmanteau from GnuPG and pass.
  • heavyset_go 3y ago
    Seems to be a somewhat common misnomer online[1] and on HN[2]. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=%22gnu+pass%22 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22gnu+pass%22 [2] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=%22gnu+pass%22&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
  • silpol 3y ago
    actually Bruce Byfield explains it in Linux Magazine: Pass is available in the repositories of most major distributions. As usual, you can also compile from scratch, but, if you do, take note of the dependencies, especially GnuPG (GPG) [6], which creates encryption keys, and Password Generator (pwgen) [7], which generates random passwords that contain random combinations of upper- and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters. Without GnuPG and pwgen, you will be unable to set up Pass, much less actually use it. https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2014/158/Command-Line-Pass https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2014/158/Command-Line-...