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He doesn't need to explain why he doesn't like FDE, there are plenty of reasons. Shared device, or maybe 2nd level of encryption, whatever. He already said it wasn't what he wanted, the why is none of your business. If you can answer his question, do. If you can't, just say you can't. His preference is his preference. Now, you going to help the guy or not?
Also, I honestly don't give a flying f if I get downvoted for telling you what you did wrong. Being in the right is all I need, thanks. Won't be seeing your reply, blocking you before you try to be more of a smug ass.
Short interception here: I actually appreciate the question. I think I didn't thoroughly explain what bugged me with FDE. And the X Y problem is something I'd like to be aware of.
The implied problems with FDE might actually not fit my situation or threat model, why I think it was important to elaborate.
Edit: Just thought of it in this way: In this context, I'd rather be asked than have things inferred about me.
Wow. This is not going well... Thanks for trying but I guess we left the realm of reason somehow. I'm glad neither of us wants to continue.
Wth kid. I stick up for you against someone assuming you don't know anything, and then you stick your hand up and say you actually don't? Fine, you deserve one another.
For the record, if you can afford the performance hit and are on SSD, I recommend either LUKS FDE or filesystem based encryption (ZFS, for example) + Home directory encryption. Don't forget to encrypt the swap, too. That way if you ever have to share the FDE passphrase with someone you share a computer with, your data in your home directory is still safe, and it can encrypt the filenames, too. If you're on spinning disk, you can still go that hard, but it'll be noticeably slower.
FDE is fine for most work computers. Home directory encryption is for shared computers, or to stack on FDE if you're sufficiently paranoid.