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minus-squareultranaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down6·11 months agoOne of the major reasons I gave up on trying to run Linux on my laptop was lack of fingerprint reader support.
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·11 months agoThat would be a plus for me, actually. I never liked fingerprint authentication.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoSo YES, from someone who was asked to do fingerprint authentication in a sensitive environment (and had to refuse, even to the salespeople pested me)
minus-squareregbin_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoYou can choose not to use it even if Linux supports it.
minus-squareregbin_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThen I really don’t see how it’s a plus. Smaller kernel size? lol
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThe plus is that I don’t even need to think about it. My phone tries to trick me to enable fingerprint authentication every few months. My laptop? Perfection.
minus-squarerobotica@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down8·11 months agoHow is not having support for something a plus for you? I swear to god, some Linux users are so stuck up.
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-211 months agoWhere to start… My dumb TV doesn’t support smart features. A plus. My coffee maker doesn’t support wifi. A plus. My games don’t support in-app purchases. A plus. My windows 10 laptop (did you read that?! Whaaat, I’m not a Linux user???!!!) doesn’t support Windows 11. Major plus. My MacBook’s OS version (no way!!!) doesn’t support unnecessary FaceTime features. A plus.
minus-squaregohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agofingerprint login is not secure. period. Being stuck in using a password login is a plus
minus-squareAlex@feddit.rolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoYou could just disable fingerprint login, though.
minus-squarewildginger@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months ago“what, you dont want to use the new door lock made from soggy white bread? You deadbolt losers are so stuck up”
One of the major reasons I gave up on trying to run Linux on my laptop was lack of fingerprint reader support.
That would be a plus for me, actually. I never liked fingerprint authentication.
So YES, from someone who was asked to do fingerprint authentication in a sensitive environment (and had to refuse, even to the salespeople pested me)
You can choose not to use it even if Linux supports it.
Yup. I know that.
Then I really don’t see how it’s a plus. Smaller kernel size? lol
The plus is that I don’t even need to think about it.
My phone tries to trick me to enable fingerprint authentication every few months. My laptop? Perfection.
How is not having support for something a plus for you? I swear to god, some Linux users are so stuck up.
Where to start…
My dumb TV doesn’t support smart features. A plus.
My coffee maker doesn’t support wifi. A plus.
My games don’t support in-app purchases. A plus.
My windows 10 laptop (did you read that?! Whaaat, I’m not a Linux user???!!!) doesn’t support Windows 11. Major plus.
My MacBook’s OS version (no way!!!) doesn’t support unnecessary FaceTime features. A plus.
fingerprint login is not secure. period. Being stuck in using a password login is a plus
You could just disable fingerprint login, though.
“what, you dont want to use the new door lock made from soggy white bread? You deadbolt losers are so stuck up”