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[Paddy Landau <paddy@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I noticed in the section on "passwords" in the Ubuntu Manual that the
> Automatic Password Generator, that's built into Ubuntu, wasn't
> mentioned. Just type "apg" into the terminal (no quotation marks) and
> hit enter "apg" will do the rest.


I would avoid apg. First, its generator is poor unless you use certain
command-line options; second, there is a GUI alternative built in to the
user settings.

Click your name on the menu bar > User Accounts (or cog > System
Settings > User Accounts)
> click on the dots next to Password
> press the down-arrow on the picture of the cogs
> select a random password
amend if desired

Paddy