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  • $\begingroup$ Ubuntu defaults to sha512crypt. $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 20, 2016 at 18:51
  • $\begingroup$ I wondered for a moment if they use sha256crypt on 32-bit platforms, since it would match the word size better. But I can't remember what was the last system I had to use that. $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 20, 2016 at 18:57