Howdy provides Windows Hello™ style authentication for Linux. Use your built-in IR emitters and camera in combination with facial recognition to prove who you are.
Using the central authentication system (PAM), this works everywhere you would otherwise need your password: Login, lock screen, sudo, su, etc.
Installation
Howdy is currently available and packaged for Debian/Ubuntu, Arch Linux, Fedora and openSUSE. If you’re interested in packaging Howdy for your distro, don’t hesitate to open an issue.
Note: The build of dlib can hang on 100% for over a minute, give it time.
Ubuntu or Linux Mint
Run the installer by pasting ( ctrl+shift+V ) the following commands into the terminal one at a time:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:boltgolt/howdy sudo apt update sudo apt install howdy
This will guide you through the installation.
Debian
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