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		speedgoose on Oct 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: VeraCrypt: Free open-source disk encryption for Wi... I think putting some efforts in the user experience is important. A better GUI may mean that more people will use encryption. Bitlocker and FireVault are very easy to use compared to VeraCrypt or LUKS, and they are much more common. So many Linux installations don't have disk encryption…

Grimburger on Oct 2, 2023 [–]

Most definitely, especially in FOSS which has a dearth of good UX. But the point was more that this shouldn't be a form-over-function moment, do that with something else like a lounge purchase.

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