System76 will provides full disk encryption for its own Pop! _OS distribution
The well-known Linux PC maker, System76, shared some updates with the next version of Pop! _OS Linux distributions. Pop! _OS is System76’s first GNU / Linux distribution based on Canonical’s Ubuntu.
It looks like System76 is working with elementary Daniel Foré and they will launch a new installer that will provide full encryption support for the next major release of their Linux distribution, Pop!_OS Will be available this spring based on Canonical’s Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system.
An engineer at System76 wrote in their tech blog: “The work with elementary focused on the user experience of installation, drive partitioning, dual-boot, and full-disk encryption, which is considered as an integral part of security and privacy, So this should be a default option. ”
System76 wants to provide a Linux PC that has encryption by default
As an OEM, System76 is known for its privacy and security focus and their future goal is to provide Linux PCs with encryption by default. They solved the challenge of implementing full-scale encryption to the installer and managed to provide a better experience for installing Pop! _OS Linux.
The new installer’s work was led by elementary Daniel Foré, who was responsible for user experience and front-end implementation of this part of the job, while System76’s engineers focused on the installer’s back-end implementation.
Achieve a consistent workflow
Before want to encrypt the System76 PC, users need to reinstall the operating system with disk encryption. Or, buy a pre-encrypted computer, but this requires that each user has a unique key, which in turn is a lack of security. So it is a viable option to provide full disk encryption through the installer at first installation.
