Oliver Schneider assarbad

Installing Kubuntu 26.04 with FDE on a Thinkpad T14s Gen2

Up front: Calamares (Kubuntu installer) didn't cut it. So I went the well-trodden path of manual installation combined with later package selection that would mimick what Calamares would have picked.

Preliminary assumption

These instructions make assumptions. The main assumption is, that you dear reader, are not a numpty. Therefore use your own judgment and adjust arguments (especially device paths) to your own needs. Don't blame me for doing stupid things on your end. Got enough stupid decisions of my own to deal with ...

Preparations

Visual Studio 2026

https://c2rsetup.officeapps.live.com/c2r/downloadVS.aspx?sku=community&channel=Stable&version=VS18

https://c2rsetup.officeapps.live.com/c2r/downloadVS.aspx?sku=enterprise&channel=Stable&version=VS18

https://c2rsetup.officeapps.live.com/c2r/downloadVS.aspx?sku=professional&channel=Stable&version=VS18

https://aka.ms/vs/18/Stable/vs_community.exe

Manjaro

:version
VIM - Vi IMproved 9.1 (2024 Jan 02, compiled Dec 12 2025 21:55:17)
Included patches: 1-1975
Compiled by Arch Linux
Huge version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl                 +clientserver        +dialog_con          +float               +lambda              -mouseshape          +netbeans_intg       +quickfix            +statusline          +textobjects         +visualextra         -xim
+arabic              -clipboard           +diff                +folding             +langmap             +mouse_dec           +num64               +reltime             -sun_workshop        +textprop            +vreplace            -xpm

How to "install" the enclosed unit template (all require superuser permissions)

place the autossh@.service file in /etc/systemd/system
enable an instance -- suppose your remote host is called frodo then you might run: systemctl enable autossh@frodo (do not use --now here!); IPv4 addresses also worked for me
now it is time to create an override specific to the instance, e.g. : systemctl edit autossh@frodo.service and adjust the following bunch of settings (commented out in the main unit template) like so:
```
[Service]
Environment=REMOTE_PORT=1022
Environment=TARGET_USER=username
Environment=TARGET_HOST=frodo.example.com
```

Blog posts

Quick look around VMP 3.x:
Tickling VMProtect with LLVM:
- Part 1: Lifting
- Part 2: Exploration
Part 3: Optimization

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