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this post was submitted on 26 May 2025
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For home folder encryption it's easiest to install encryption during install time. There's an option for that when you create your partitions (might be hidden under an "advanced" button or something). I'd also go with vanilla Mint and not LMDE due to being newer, and with more support for hw (ubuntu base has better support than debian base imho). So yeah, I'd say, re-install to have it easier.
For mass-renaming, install Thunar: sudo apt install thunar