What’s your end goal for encryption? Possibly you don’t need a whole filesystem. Maybe consider Veracrypt which just uses files. Or boot from a USB stick and resize your existing storage partitions and create a new encrypted drive in the free space then copy and redirect your /home although that’s a bit more work.
Talking of dangerous punctuation, this reminded me of the trial of Roger Casement who was hanged by a comma. The Incorrigible Irishman Who was Hanged by a Comma. Just like today supporting a different country or nationality is little protection if you are an enemy of the powerful
This is also a good example for the crowd who don’t think progress is being made. Curing mice of cancer eventually flows though to human lives saved.
I avoided Gnome for exactly that reason for years but the shell extensions for gnome have improved a lot and it’s pretty flexible now. If you don’t mind depending on the addin authors maintaining your favorites.Dash to panel or dock is virtually a whole different UI.