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by RevRal 6041 days ago
KeePass is what I use.

The password database that KeePass uses can be accessed from linux and windows. For Linux you'll need KeePassX.

Other pluses:

+The software is portable.

+Generates super strong passwords.

+Along with the password to access your password database, there is an option to have a "key file" required. You put this file onto something like a jump drive, making it necessary to have your password and the jump drive if you want to access the database. I have a spare keyfile on a CD in my deposit box at the bank.

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Addendum/Protip: If you know an alternative keyboard layout like colemak or dvorak, you can easily make pretty secure passwords for, say, a login screen at work: type your password on the Qwerty layout as if it were the alternate keyboard layout.

For instance. WeakPassword on Colemak is WkanRaddw;sg on Qwerty. Then, when the desktop loads, so will your alternate layout and everything will be normal.

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KeePassX is also available on OS X.
Hey! That's really cool.