▲ 295 ▼ Fingerprint sensor / unlock now working on the Fairphone 6 on Linux Mobile (x.com) submitted 2 months ago by inari@piefed.zip to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://twitterwebviewer.com/?tweet=2092708375465263166
[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 7 points 2 months ago (2 children) What is "linux mobile"? Do they mean Ubuntu Touch? Postmarket OS? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheMightyCat@ani.social 25 points 2 months ago Well most of the work is on the kernel so it applies to all distros. permalink fedilink source parent [–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago I guess it's going to be writing a linux driver for the sensor or adapting an existing one so that it picks up this particular device ID, and then some udev & pam rules to make it play nicely with the rest of the system. So it's vaguely distro-agnostic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheMightyCat@ani.social 25 points 2 months ago Well most of the work is on the kernel so it applies to all distros. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago I guess it's going to be writing a linux driver for the sensor or adapting an existing one so that it picks up this particular device ID, and then some udev & pam rules to make it play nicely with the rest of the system. So it's vaguely distro-agnostic. permalink fedilink source parent