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Trekkie00 · December 18, 2021, 11:55am

I assume the latest thing to arrive was the shoe. Is it just some product placement? For sure, it adds some optical value.

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ricklinux · December 18, 2021, 8:50pm

Just ordered a Lenvovo Thinkbook!
Ryzen 5 5500 8GB 3200 Mhz Memory Pci-e SSD 512 Ethernet and WiFi Backlit Keyboard and FingerPrint reader on power button + Bluetooth. FHD display. 14" screen Windows 10 Pro

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keybreak · December 18, 2021, 9:01pm

fx9 · December 18, 2021, 10:00pm

This looks great, how does it compare to the Thinkpad lineup? EOS runs great on it I assume

ricklinux · December 18, 2021, 10:04pm

Maybe the fingerprint reader is the only bad thing? I don’t know but i like the fact that it has Ethernet as well as Wifi and Bluetooth and the USB ports are set up for usb to display port with power. It’s coming with Windows 10 Pro so i guess it can upgraded to Windows 11 pro if you are keeping Windows on it?

ricklinux · December 18, 2021, 10:05pm

I only have a Lenovo Chrome book but a lot of people swear by these lenovos so i give it a try.

Edit: Obviously it’s not the Thinkpad line. But they seem to be pretty nice.

keybreak · December 18, 2021, 10:07pm

Well i hope it can be upgraded to LFS or something

And on fingerprint reader on power button…that’s so sneaky
I’d at least won’t touch it with my finger until Linux is installed

fx9 · December 18, 2021, 10:07pm

Do fingerprint readers not work well in EOS?

ricklinux · December 18, 2021, 10:09pm

I think they can be set up. Never tried it but there is info on the Arch wiki.

ricklinux · December 18, 2021, 10:10pm

I just wear gloves!

Edit: Besides the price was right!

vlkon · December 18, 2021, 10:57pm

For an inkognito mode use a pinkie finger.

ricklinux · December 18, 2021, 11:00pm

I’m not even sure you need to use the fingerprint reader on Linux?

grenouille · December 18, 2021, 11:46pm

They work – mostly. As usual, it depends on whether there is firmware available. When there is, they work pretty well, but aren’t always easy to set up.

I had an old Lenovo T61 that had one and it worked great. My current Dell Inspiron 15 5001 has one of those power button ones that requires proprietary firmware, but the manufacturer hasn’t supplied any for Linux and no one’s successfully reverse-engineered it yet.

ricklinux · December 18, 2021, 11:48pm

So how does it work without it? Any issues?

grenouille · December 19, 2021, 12:15am

Works great. I bought it new about a year ago. I kept Windows on it long enough to register it with Dell and – made Windows go bye-bye!

ricklinux · December 19, 2021, 12:17am

Is it the one with fingerprint reader? So it works okay on Linux without any fingerprint reader set up?

grenouille · December 19, 2021, 12:20am

Yeah. It doesn’t know to use it if it can’t see it.

nate · December 19, 2021, 11:53am

I wonder if the state of fingerprint reader drivers in Linux is as it is because a lot of Linux users don’t really care for that feature at all. I know I didn’t even try to make my fingerprint reader work. Not even a quick search, and I see a lot of reluctance regarding this topic in this forum too (I might be generalizing this too broad to encompass the Linux world. Maybe it’s just my bubble.)

ricklinux · December 19, 2021, 4:23pm

It seems to have some information on the Arch wiki for both gdm and sddm.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/fprint

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SDDM#Using_a_fingerprint_reader

vinzv · December 19, 2021, 4:32pm

It’s both, I think, technical problems and low demand from users.
Recently one of our devs got interviewed on this topic and gave some background information: https://linuxnews.de/2021/10/warum-funktionieren-nicht-alle-fingerabdrucksensoren-unter-linux/

(It’s in German so one might want to shove the text into some translation tool.)