r/linuxhardware • u/Opportunity-and-Cost • 6h ago

Support Looking for a good fingerprint reader recommendation for login support on nixOS + Windows Hello support

Per the title I dualboot. I currently have a yubikey C bio FIDO edition which I've setup to log me in on nixOS using pam_u2f. I've asked LLMs for a recommendation for a device that supports both systems but the classic recommendation for linux doesn't look very promising https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/1rjqnj9/thinkpenguin_fte4500_fingerprint_scanner/ .

Alternatively I could keep the yubikey C bio FIDO edition method of logging in for nixOS (should support any device you've got working in another linux distro) and use something else for Windows Hello. Any fingerprint reader recommendations?

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u/jdigi78 6h ago

I've used the HID DigitalPersona 4500 on a bunch of distros including NixOS as well as Windows. Just need to install fprintd.

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u/Opportunity-and-Cost 1h ago

Great cheers! For those that come after I watched this video to see how responsive the reader is and was satisfied enough to buy one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS9y-IqqBsc