Facial recognition on Bazzite

I did a bit of searching online, I couldn't find a clear answer as to whether Bazzite supports a Windows Hello-esque IR facial recognition feature or not.

wolfyreload•1/29/25, 4:32 AM

There is a github project https://github.com/boltgolt/howdy which was last updated 9 months ago and the last build was in 2020. So I think the chances of Windows Hello IR facial recognition working in Bazzite, let alone any modern version of Linux, are pretty slim.

GitHub

GitHub - boltgolt/howdy: 🛡️ Windows Hello™ style facial authenticat...

Windows Hello™ style facial authentication for Linux - boltgolt/howdy

Aru•1/29/25, 5:27 AM

Works fine, I use it on Bazzite

Aru•1/29/25, 5:27 AM

But you do need to manually install + configure it

Aru•1/29/25, 5:27 AM

https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/linux-howdy-windows-hello-camera-login/2201

Universal Blue

Linux Howdy - Windows Hello Camera Login

Can we get his added to the base image? I tried installing via a Fedora distrobox and the box does not have access to the hardware camera and it fails to setup the auth. Plus I also wonder is the box has the nessicary PAM access to support OS authentication. I can’t find an easy way to install it from a COPR via rpm-ostree.

antheas•1/29/25, 7:59 AM

Should note it's not as good

antheas•1/29/25, 7:59 AM

Kind of mom: we have windows hello at home

Aru•1/29/25, 12:18 PM

Not sure if something changed, but for the past few months, it's been extremely reliable for me.

Aru•1/29/25, 12:18 PM

But I also only use it for login, not sudo or anything else

AAru Not sure if something changed, but for the past few months, it's been extremely ...

Zychrias•2/6/25, 2:35 AM

I've ran into a roadblock. I see the system isn't creating a folder for howdy in /lib64/security. So far, down the wiki trail, this is the stopping point I've hit.

sudo howdy test - works
sudo howdy add - works, gives verbose comfirmation it completed

at the login page, or in terminal doing a "sudo -i" it doesn't work.

Zychrias•2/6/25, 2:35 AM

Using a Logitech Brio. IR is working fine, I see it light up, and the test shows it working fine.