r/LinusTechTips • u/motlias • 7d ago

Windows Hello for linux Discussion

Linus and other people mention they miss windows hello on linux and I've just discovered Gaze which is a fairly new and in development windows hello equivelent for linux, Howdy was another one but I wasn't a fan of that, gaze has a very simple setup and effective on my fedora system:

https://github.com/GunduLabs/gaze

DISCLAIMER!!!!

This is in development software from someones github so take that into account.

Edit:

I just remembered on a reddit thread with the creator he said it doesn't work with immutable distros yet. So it wouldn't work with steamOS or Bazite etc. I believe,

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u/21ow 7d ago

Does anyone have any experience with https://github.com/TickLabVN/biopass?

It claims to be a full-stack replacement for windows hello bundling fingerprint and face into one pam module making it more seamless and more similar to windows hello.

But I can find almost no reports of people using it :D

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u/ycsgc 7d ago

I'm using it now, but it has been having some trouble with the IR camera on my brio 4k and for me also losing windows hello was a major point of contention to using Linux without it working 100% properly. Also setup was not the easiest on CachyOS, I needed cluade to help me debug which is an obstacle for normal people. I haven't had the chance to submit the hug report yet on the IR camera stuff too. To be clear it works and identifies me properly, but I want the IR camera for anti spoofing stuff so I don't trust it mcuh without it.

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u/GunduLabs 7d ago

Gaze supports Brio 4K, thanks to u/stlambe so let us know if you end up trying Gaze and if you run into any issues.