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I would say you don't need encryption for applications or OS files, only your own data set[...] There are a few issues there. The installed applications alone can give away more information than you might think. Furthermore, applications may put sensitive information in log files or temporary files...

+1, at the idea too.

Encryption is essential for me, especially on laptops. I tried Mint a few times on a testing machine and it looks very good, but the absence of FDE is a showstopper, so I keep falling back to the original Ubuntu/Xubuntu...