Maybe something useful, maybe not

[Warren Block]

On Sun, 1 May 2011, Sahil Tandon wrote:

> On Sun, 2011-05-01 at 07:20:32 -0400, Glen Barber wrote:
>
>> On 5/1/11 2:34 AM, Chris Rees wrote:
>>>> "The geli utility is different than gbde" or as
>>>
>>> Please, no!
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "The geli utility is different from gbde"
>>>
>>> Yes, that's correct.
>>
>> Any particular reason why this one over the previous?  I think the
>> previous suggestion sounds more correct.
>
> If I may propose a revision to the entire sentence:
>
> "The geli utility differs from gbde in that it offers other features
> and uses an alternative cryptographic scheme."

I'd suggest

"The geli utility differs from gbde, offering other features
and using a different cryptographic scheme."

uses/using may not be necessary.