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https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20005 [distrowatch.com]

The Linux Mint team is testing a new application for providing fingerprint authentication. "Linux Mint 22.2 will feature a brand new app called Fingwit. Fingwit is a fingerprint configuration tool. It detects if your computer has a fingerprint reader and lets you record your fingerprints. It then configures your system to use fingerprint authentication for: The login screen, the screensaver; sudo commands, admin apps (pkexec)." Fingwit will work across desktop environments and should function on any systems that have a fingerprint reader and PAM authentication support.

The Linux Mint May newsletter [linuxmint.com] also reminds people that Linux Mint 20.x is reaching the end of its five years of support. People running version 20.x are advised to either perform a fresh install of Linux Mint 22 or upgrade in place to version 21. Tips for upgrading are provided in the newsletter.

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