Swap files are very fragile if you are using hibernation. For FDE I prefer LVM-over-LUKS and a dedicate partition

MacOS seems to have no problem with hibernating and it and its predecessor NeXT have been using swap files for over 30 years.

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killerstorm an hour ago | parent [-]

MacOS has no problem with hibernation because hardware and software are designed together: it uses TPM to manage swap encryption. I assume "BIOS" is also optimized to enable fast boot on sleep.

Linux can work with TPM but it's never as smooth. (Unless I guess you make it custom for your specific setup.)

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cedilla an hour ago | parent [-]

I have FDE with keys in the TPM. It's pretty smooth bit required a one time additional step in Fedora. It's also probably not very secure, but my threat model is simple theft.

	▲	avhception 26 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		What's the benefit of using the TPM compared to a simple passphrase at boot, in that scenario?