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[Discuss] Ordered a New Laptop



On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 08:58:21 -0700
Kent Borg <kentborg at borg.org> wrote:

> The things I am worried about are:
> 
> - Hardware compatibility. If Debian works (I'm thinking it does), how 
> likely is Devuan?

Should be the same.

> - Navigating the installer. Putting btrfs on top of encrypted LVM 
> doesn't seem to involve who will be PID 0, right?

Correct. This is all GRUB and cryptsetup.

> - Suspend and hibernating to encrypted swap, and will it ever come
> back to life?

This is not advised since it bypasses secure boot protections. Of
course, if you're disabling secure boot anyway then it doesn't matter.

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