Gnu Privacy Guard has everything I want and need. Unfortunately it's not available in Ubuntu 12.04. So I'd say all that needs to be done is make GPA available for Ubuntu 12.04 :) Then a GPG GUI that does everything is available.
or is the discussion about a GUI for use on Windows? > From: avi.w...@gmail.com > Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:45:22 -0400 > Subject: GnuPG GUIs (was Need a GUI for e ncrypt/decrypt in Ubuntu 11.10) > To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 6/14/12 12:09 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > > > > So, let's move this discussion about proprietary programs > (GPGShell) > > into a direction that's useful to FOSS programs. What is it > about > > GPGShell that you really like? What makes it superior to the > FOSS > > alternatives? How can the FOSS alternatives be made superior > to > > GPGShell? Inquiring minds very much want to know. :) > > Here is one immediate issue. It seems that I cannot install > GnuPGShell at all, as my GnuPG is 1.4.12, and GnuPGShell does > not seem to recognize it. I guess I can install GPG4win on my > home computer and see if that works. > > Perhaps I am an exception, but I use GnuPG most often when > composing webmail. Which means I type the email in a browser > window or in a text file, copy the text to memory, perform the > signatures/encryption on the clipboard, and paste the results > into the browser window. On the other hand, being somewhat > geeky, I want the ability to do most anything that the command > line can do when needed. When I started looking at GUIs, the > options for Windows were GPGShell, WinPT, and GPA. Here are some > things I like about GPGShell which were either lacking, or less > robust in the others. > > 1) It has a bundled program, Copy2USB, which can take an > existing GnuPG install and copy the needed files and settings to > a USB stick, making for a portable installation. > 2) It has a tray program, GPGTray, from which I can launch the > key manager, encrypt/decrypt/sign/import the clipboard, launch a > app that allows me to drag files onto a taskbar to > encrypt/decrypt/sign. > 3) It has many options for key management "right clickable" in > the key management GUI (sign, lsign, clean, minimize, check UID, > update from keyserver, export to clipboard, etc.), yet can > launch the command-line edit allowing for complete control in a > DOS-window > 4) It allows for a central place to update gpg.conf without > having to launch text editors, and while most of the main > options are either checkboxes or radioboxes, there is a free- > form area where any option (such as "expert" or "bzip2-compress- > level") can be added > 5) It does not require registry settings to use (see #1) which > allows for a truly portable installation > 6) It makes navigating GnuPG's configurations easier (at least > for 1.4.x) so that the program files are easily placed on one > drive and the certificates/keyrings on another without issue. > > When I tried WinPT and GPA, none of them had the combination of > robustness, completeness, and ease-of-use that GPGShell > demonstrated, which is why I have stayed with it for the time > being. Perhaps GnuPGShell has all of these properties as well, I > guess I can try GnuPG 2.0.x and see, but until such time as a > portable installation of GnuPG 2.0.x for Windows exists, I'll > likely stay with the working combination of 1.4.12 + GPGShell. > More information can be found here: > <http://www.jumaros.de/rsoft/faq.html> > > I hope that helps, > > Avi > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (MingW32) - GPGshell v3.78 > Comment: Most recent key: Click show in box @ http://is.gd/4xJrs > > iL4EAREKAGYFAk/ahXBfGGh0dHA6Ly9rZXlzZXJ2ZXIudWJ1bnR1LmNvbS9wa3Mv > bG9va3VwP29wPWdldCZoYXNoPW9uJmZpbmdlcnByaW50PW9uJnNlYXJjaD0weDBE > NjJCMDE5RjgwRTI5RjkACgkQDWKwGfgOKflV8QD/QSUtLqFFfOR7uiEtNt+/yvkN > hAW22wEk+DKqq0Ld+9gBAJXylD704ILyqtR7BJtdY+7GxHXCcvi+gXxrIQcF679j > =C8+C > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > ---- > User:Avraham > > pub 3072D/F80E29F9 1/30/2009 Avi (Wikimedia-related key) <avi.w...@gmail.com> > Primary key fingerprint: 167C 063F 7981 A1F6 71EC ABAA 0D62 B019 F80E 29F9 > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
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