I think encryption (whether full-disk or private encrypted dir) is an absolute necessity on laptops. The private encrypted dir solution, with its small performance hit, should even be enabled by default as a best practice.
For desktops/servers, it can be useful, so it's more a question of visibility of the feature vs. usability of the installer. At that point I think we can still have an extra screen. However in the near future we need to redesign the installer / tasksel screens so that we can expose more and more features/stacks/roles to be installed on the server without bloating the installer or hurting its usability. -- Thierry Carrez Ubuntu server team -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
