Another howto by me concerning encryption. However this one will be pretty intense on graphics. I have a step-by-step guide on how to do a manual full encryption of the system. Due to a bug current in the ubuntu installation, you cannot encrypt the swap partition directly during the manual install. The install will just hang. Here's a link to the bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/231451 This article is a step by step guide to do a full encryption of a Linux system. The author provides snapshots in showing you how to do this.

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