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Linux is great for laptops, but it still struggles with these 5 hardware features

Linux loves laptops until the fingerprint reader clocks in.
Hosted on MSN

The gaming Linux distro everyone's switching to just made sudo way more secure with your fingerprint

CachyOS Apr 2026 lets you use fingerprint scanners for sudo, boosting convenient superuser security. Octopi replaced by Shelly for GUI installs from AUR, Flathub, and AppImages - easier setup for new ...

Framework gave its 12-inch laptop some hardware upgrades

Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Framework has refreshed its 12-inch convertible laptop, introducing Intel’s latest Core Series 3 processors, expanded hardware ...
Hackaday

Building A Wireless Fingerprint Authorization Device

Once upon a time, there was a bit of a fad for fingerprint authentication in laptops and desktop computers. It has long since faded, but [superdog] wanted just such a device for Linux and Mac machines ...
Ars Technica

Researchers beat Windows Hello fingerprint sensors with Raspberry Pi and Linux

I'm not too concerned. The fingerprint reader on my work-issued Thinkpad is absolutely fucking worthless and is never able to identify me, so it won't do an attacker much good if they manage to add ...