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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 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 BartolinkfedilinkEnglish16•7 months agoThat would be a plus for me, actually. I never liked fingerprint authentication.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•7 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoYou can choose not to use it even if Linux supports it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoThen I really don’t see how it’s a plus. Smaller kernel size? lol
minus-squareEl BartolinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 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-squareroboticalinkfedilinkEnglish-3•7 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 BartolinkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-27 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoWhat TV did you get that doesn’t have smart features? I looked, but all the ones I could find were 1080p, no HDR, and either tiny or made for commercial/industrial installation.
minus-squareEl BartolinkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months agoI got a Sceptre one a few years ago. Okay quality, terrible speakers (though an external soundbar takes care of that.)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months ago“what, you dont want to use the new door lock made from soggy white bread? You deadbolt losers are so stuck up”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agofingerprint login is not secure. period. Being stuck in using a password login is a plus
minus-squareEl BartolinkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoSure, but that’s not the point of the conversation. The point is that some stranger is judging a whole community for the preference of one single person who may or may not belong to said community.
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.
What TV did you get that doesn’t have smart features?
I looked, but all the ones I could find were 1080p, no HDR, and either tiny or made for commercial/industrial installation.
I got a Sceptre one a few years ago. Okay quality, terrible speakers (though an external soundbar takes care of that.)
“what, you dont want to use the new door lock made from soggy white bread? You deadbolt losers are so stuck up”
fingerprint login is not secure. period. Being stuck in using a password login is a plus
You could just disable fingerprint login, though.
Sure, but that’s not the point of the conversation. The point is that some stranger is judging a whole community for the preference of one single person who may or may not belong to said community.