Fingerprint GUI use in Mint

[Moem]

Slightly tangential, but I'm curious:
What are you doing that makes you enter your password so often? I only need to enter it when I log in, when I install software and when updating.

[Moem]

seems like I have to do it a lot, fresh install perhaps.

Well yeah, that makes sense. But it's temporary.
In any case, I hear that fingerprint readers aren't very secure... false positives can happen. Maybe food for thought.

[Moem]

Basically, it's your machine and you get to use it the way you want to. I hope someone can help you with that! I've only ever used Fingerprint GUI in Mint 18, so it won't be me.

[phd21]

Hi Charlie,

I just read your post and the good replies to it. Here are my thoughts on this as well.

Let Fingerprint Reader To Control Your Ubuntu/Linux Mint - NoobsLab
https://www.noobslab.com/2017/01/let-fi ... -your.html

Quick Tip: Install Fingerprint Scanner (FPrint) in Ubuntu 16.04 Linux - Free Linux Tutorials | Free Linux Tutorials
http://freelinuxtutorials.com/quick-tip ... -04-linux/

Solved: How can I use the L570 fingerprint reader with Ubuntu linux? - Lenovo Community
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Disc ... -p/4111436

Hope this helps ...