Truecrypt 5.0 is out - GUI for Linux users

[OmegaBLK]

there is a new version out not (5.0a) although it does not list what bugs are fixed...besides that some are fixed.

*Emphasis mine*

I don't get this mentality. The devs (in the Readme file) say check their website to view changes for 5.0a. I go to the website and then the only reference to fixed bugs for Linux states:

Many other minor bug fixes. (Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux)

WTF? I guess I spoke to soon praising this particular release and the GUI. It is still better then a broken TrueCrypt and the added features/fixes are welcomed, but I still would have liked a functioning CLI version and the man page--what happened to that? None of this stuff is deal-breaker, but there are a few minor touches that I wish the devs had addressed before releasing the Linux version. I guess I'll login and rant over at the TC-Linux forum to give them a piece of my mind also.

[wieman01]

If anybody could help me with this one, I would surely appreciate it:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...48#post4380748

Might be an interesting question that others have asked themselves as well.

[netlogic]

@rheywood
i kind of knew that, i was wondering if the app has his own icon somewhere, thanks anyway

here you go. i extracted from the original windows exe.
truecrypt png icons
just drop them in your /usr/share/pixmaps

[wieman01]

Good news... With version 5.1 CLI is back to normal!

http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=version-history

[matthew]

Good news... With version 5.1 CLI is back to normal!

http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=version-history

Thanks for the heads up! I'm downloading it now.

[wieman01]

Thanks for the heads up! I'm downloading it now.

So will I, Matthew, as soon as I get back home. I cannot believe the pace at which they are making progress and implementing improvements. The Truecrypt team is doing a great job.

[matthew]

The Truecrypt team is doing a great job.

Agreed. They have impressed me from the beginning. I used E4M years ago, and when the developer(s) of it decided to go closed-source and commercial I was thrilled to see the TrueCrypt project start as a fork of that code.

[Polygon]

is creating an encrypted drive with ext3 fixed now? aka creating a blank volume and then mounting it with like /dev/mapper and then formatting that? I tried it with 5.0 and it didnt work, anyone have a positive test report?

[anoopengineer]

You can find an icon for truecrypt here: http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/03/truecrypt-icon-for-ubuntu.html

http://www.dailygyan.com/search/label/TrueCrypt for more Truecrypt articles

Happy encrypting

[war59312]

Easy enough to add icon for TrueCrypt...

First open a terminal and run:

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/TrueCrypt.desktop

Add to file and save:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=TrueCrypt
Comment=TrueCrypt
Exec=/usr/bin/truecrypt
Icon=/home/will/.icons/truecrypt.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;System

Dont forget to edit home directory of course.

Then you can run TrueCrypt via Applications > System Tools .

Just edit last line if you dont want it under system tools.

And of course download the truecrypt icon to the icon directory.