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@KaCi@autistics.life @Ralph_de_Rijke@mastodon.online It depends on the fingerprint reader - there ARE some that are supposed to work, so you may be lucky. There's an application in the Mint Administration menu called "Fingerprints" and it will tell you if it detects your fingerprint reader, and allow you to set it up (enrol fingerprints) if it can see it. All the fingerprint readers seem to be made by just a handful of manufacturers, who don't seem to be particularly interested in helping make them work for Linux, leaving Linux developers with only the option of reverse-engineering them. That doesn't mean they'll never be supported, but it does slow support down. Edit: definitely something to test from USB boot, before actual installation.