10-23-2012
Best Linux Distro
Hello,
I have a Compaq Presario v3000 5 year old laptop, with 1 GB RAM and currently running the (slow and stupid) Windows 7 32 bit, thus I would like to dual boot it with an appropriate distro of Linux that
1) Doesnt consume too much resources (1 GB RAM is not a lot of space) and it ll be used for Office work , some shell scripting and MATLAB work . Windows 7 which I m having right now is struggling with 1 GB RAM , I would like to increase the RAM , but only as a last resort.
2) Easy to use . I have used Fedora 14 and Ubuntu 10.10 in the past, (thus I am little behind the times) , I have not used the Unity interface of 11.04 Ubuntu, and also not tried the Gnome 3 of F15,.
So Gnome3 vs Unity vs the old classic Gnome which is best ?
If there is any other Linux Distro which is even better than the two I have mentioned considering the limited RAM I have, I dont mind trying it out.
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
systemd-cryptsetup-generator
SYSTEMD-CRYPTSETUP-GENERATOR(8) systemd-cryptsetup-generator SYSTEMD-CRYPTSETUP-GENERATOR(8)
NAME
systemd-cryptsetup-generator - Unit generator for /etc/crypttab
SYNOPSIS
/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-cryptsetup-generator
DESCRIPTION
systemd-cryptsetup-generator is a generator that translates /etc/crypttab into native systemd units early at boot and when configuration of
the system manager is reloaded. This will create systemd-cryptsetup@.service(8) units as necessary.
systemd-cryptsetup-generator implements systemd.generator(7).
KERNEL COMMAND LINE
systemd-cryptsetup-generator understands the following kernel command line parameters:
luks=, rd.luks=
Takes a boolean argument. Defaults to "yes". If "no", disables the generator entirely. rd.luks= is honored only by initial RAM disk
(initrd) while luks= is honored by both the main system and the initrd.
luks.crypttab=, rd.luks.crypttab=
Takes a boolean argument. Defaults to "yes". If "no", causes the generator to ignore any devices configured in /etc/crypttab
(luks.uuid= will still work however). rd.luks.crypttab= is honored only by initial RAM disk (initrd) while luks.crypttab= is honored
by both the main system and the initrd.
luks.uuid=, rd.luks.uuid=
Takes a LUKS superblock UUID as argument. This will activate the specified device as part of the boot process as if it was listed in
/etc/crypttab. This option may be specified more than once in order to set up multiple devices. rd.luks.uuid= is honored only by
initial RAM disk (initrd) while luks.uuid= is honored by both the main system and the initrd.
If /etc/crypttab contains entries with the same UUID, then the name, keyfile and options specified there will be used. Otherwise, the
device will have the name "luks-UUID".
If /etc/crypttab exists, only those UUIDs specified on the kernel command line will be activated in the initrd or the real root.
luks.name=, rd.luks.name=
Takes a LUKS super block UUID followed by an "=" and a name. This implies rd.luks.uuid= or luks.uuid= and will additionally make the
LUKS device given by the UUID appear under the provided name.
rd.luks.name= is honored only by initial RAM disk (initrd) while luks.name= is honored by both the main system and the initrd.
luks.options=, rd.luks.options=
Takes a LUKS super block UUID followed by an "=" and a string of options separated by commas as argument. This will override the
options for the given UUID.
If only a list of options, without an UUID, is specified, they apply to any UUIDs not specified elsewhere, and without an entry in
/etc/crypttab.
rd.luks.options= is honored only by initial RAM disk (initrd) while luks.options= is honored by both the main system and the initrd.
luks.key=, rd.luks.key=
Takes a password file name as argument or a LUKS super block UUID followed by a "=" and a password file name.
For those entries specified with rd.luks.uuid= or luks.uuid=, the password file will be set to the one specified by rd.luks.key= or
luks.key= of the corresponding UUID, or the password file that was specified without a UUID.
rd.luks.key= is honored only by initial RAM disk (initrd) while luks.key= is honored by both the main system and the initrd.
SEE ALSO
systemd(1), crypttab(5), systemd-cryptsetup@.service(8), cryptsetup(8), systemd-fstab-generator(8)
systemd 237 SYSTEMD-CRYPTSETUP-GENERATOR(8)