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Howdy – Windows Hello style facial authentication for Linux

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63 points LorenDB | 5 comments | 23 Jun 25 18:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.788s | source
1. joelthelion ◴[26 Jun 25 11:15 UTC] No.44386224[source]▶
I wish we had good support for fingerprint readers instead.
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2. cyp0633 ◴[26 Jun 25 11:50 UTC] No.44386484[source]▶
I use fprintd and it works well with GNOME + builtin Elan sensor. It indeed needs more complex configuration than Touch ID or Windows Hello though.
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3. Pwntastic ◴[26 Jun 25 15:33 UTC] No.44388400[source]▶
It was relatively easy to setup a yubikey bio fingerprint device in arch with pam-u2f. I just kinda followed the wiki here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Universal_2nd_Factor

It wasn't strictly plug and play, but it only took like 20 minutes of fiddling.

4. amaccuish ◴[26 Jun 25 15:39 UTC] No.44388454[source]▶
That, and TPM integrated WebAuthN.
5. mouse_ ◴[26 Jun 25 16:02 UTC] No.44388683[source]▶
In Fedora it's (supposed to be) pretty simple. Just go into settings -> users and add your fingerprint. In practice I usually have to use dnf to nuke pam and reinstall it manually for it to start working. But they have a good skeleton set up. Still no predesktop authentication, though.